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It's impossible to be successful at this time in science. It can't even be done in animals with a successful outcome.
impossible? that is what they said when the first heart transplant was done.
the head transplant has been done successfully on dogs, monkeys, and rats.
this will be interesting. hope it works out.
the doctor should be required to reassemble the brain dead body with the unwanted head just in case ...you know, that combination gets better...perhaps with the new change in scenery.
impossible? that is what they said when the first heart transplant was done.
the head transplant has been done successfully on dogs, monkeys, and rats.
this will be interesting. hope it works out.
No it has not. They have all been quadriplegic afterwards and have all died within a few days.
It would have to be done in a country with very different donor rules than here in the US (assuming Italy's is the same as ours).
The control of organ donation is very tight and highly regulated. Because there is such a shortage of organs, I really don't thing the regulating body will approve the donation of an entire body with many organs to help a single person in a very risky surgery with a questionable chance of success when the organs from that body could help many people using surgeries with high success rates.
I just don't think they'll be able to acquire a body.
Both donor and patient would have their head severed from their spinal cord at the same time, using an ultra-sharp blade to give a clean cut.
The patient's head would then be placed onto the donor's body and attached using what Canavero calls his 'magic ingredient' - a glue-like substance called polyethylene glycol - to fuse the two ends of the spinal cord together.
What is considered a "successful" operation? Being alive but still unable to function or move extremities? I pity the man who fears death more than this operation.
What is considered a "successful" operation? Being alive but still unable to function or move extremities? I pity the man who fears death more than this operation.
Devil's advocate - what if it kept you alive for 10 more years and at that point they began successfully using stem cells to mend the bad neurological connections?
First of all they have to find a healthy body with a brain dead person that the family is willing to donate.
Then it has to be a match.
then most likely the body will reject the head anyway,
They can't even do it with an animal at this point and keep it alive for a week.
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