Immortality
Transhumanism
Will head transplants create an entirely new person?
6 years, 10 months ago
10393
0
Posted on Jul 03, 2015, 9 a.m.
Reported by medicalxpress.com
The world's first full head transplant could take place as soon as 2017 if the controversial plans by Italian neuroscientist Dr Sergio Canavero come to pass. Wheelchair-bound Valery Spiridonov, who has the muscle-wasting Werdnig Hoffman disease, has volunteered to have his head transplanted onto a healthy body in a day-long operation.
Read more: http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-06-transplants-person.html
Learn more: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3821155/
