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Human head transplants possible by 2017 says neuroscientists Feb 26, 2015 6:50:13 GMT -8

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This is mind boggling. Science is truly something else! Although none of us will be needing a new body, the good news here is that scientists have figured out how to reconnect a severed spinal cord!

It may sound like science fiction, but an Italian surgeon believes that the technology needed to transplant a person's head onto a new body could exist in just two years.
Dr. Sergio Canavero, a doctor in Turin, Italy, says the procedure could revolutionize medicine by helping extend the lives of people with terminal diseases, and allowing those with spinal cord injuries to abandon a body that is no longer working for one that is.
Canavero tells New Scientist magazine that all the medical technologies needed for such an operation are either already available, or not far off in the future.
He's even sketched out a proposal for how it could be performed, and is scheduled to present the plan at a large orthopedic surgery conference this June, where he hopes to begin rallying the support and expertise to begin planning a first attempt.

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Human head transplants possible by 2017 says neuroscientists Feb 27, 2015 6:10:57 GMT -8 via Inspired Mobile

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Feb 27, 2015 3:40:41 GMT -8 Lαrα said:

It may be amazing advancement in science but nevertheless, its grim ???

I know, it's a bit creepy being able to switch people's heads around but just amazing how far science has come!

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Human head transplants possible by 2017 says neuroscientists Mar 14, 2015 7:46:13 GMT -8

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They need to spend less time trying to figure out how to purposely sever and reattach nerves and figure out how to repair nerves that have been accidentally damaged. Sure they can use all this useless research to justify it as "practice" but it is wasting millions in research that could instead be used to help improve the quality of life of people with spinal cord injuries, instead of a few billionaires that want to find a way to live forever.

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Human head transplants possible by 2017 says neuroscientists Apr 17, 2015 20:41:05 GMT -8

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I can understand the desperation of this unfortunate young Russian, but whew...yeah, I'd want to see the first animal who survived with transplanted head. Maybe several. Then there is the question of the donor body. So, it has to be someone who died (am I presuming something?!) and is healthy enough from the neck down? Whew.

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Human head transplants possible by 2017 says neuroscientists Apr 18, 2015 1:24:58 GMT -8

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I just cant find this ethically sitting comfortably with me at all. I can appreciate the amazing science with this but thats where it ends.
We need to have ethical boundaries but that seems to have been lost a long time ago. Its such a conflict for me because i understand the implications of scientific progress in research but really isnt this going too far?

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Human head transplants possible by 2017 says neuroscientists Apr 18, 2015 5:27:46 GMT -8

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Apr 17, 2015 20:41:05 GMT -8 wavewolf said:

I can understand the desperation of this unfortunate young Russian, but whew...yeah, I'd want to see the first animal who survived with transplanted head. Maybe several. Then there is the question of the donor body. So, it has to be someone who died (am I presuming something?!) and is healthy enough from the neck down? Whew.

Yeah whether or not it'll work as well on humans as it did on the animal, we don't know but I don't think getting a donor body will be too hard.

Apr 18, 2015 1:24:58 GMT -8 Lαrα said:

I just cant find this ethically sitting comfortably with me at all. I can appreciate the amazing science with this but thats where it ends.
We need to have ethical boundaries but that seems to have been lost a long time ago. Its such a conflict for me because i understand the implications of scientific progress in research but really isnt this going too far?

While I agree to some extent, I think it's important to put ethics aside for things like this considering how much it could possibly positively impact someone's life. For the longest time there was a big ethical issue with heart transplants and look at where we've come now. So many lives have been saved and improved because of the great science!

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Human head transplants possible by 2017 says neuroscientists Apr 18, 2015 23:38:43 GMT -8

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Apr 18, 2015 12:17:36 GMT -8 wavewolf said:

Lαrα, one does have to wonder where it will end. And who will be forced to be the donor, those unwanted? Some terrorists are being reported as selling body parts from victims.

Sadly and disgustingly you are right wavewolf,, it is a fact that gangs have abducted children and then traveled them to other countries even to remove their body parts and sell them on the black market.

Supply and demand and this is the sick side of amazing science. I think it is morally right to have reservations and what happened to moral and ethical science?

Some things in nature just should not be interfered with because there is always dire consequences.

Head transplanting....? It is such a big no for me.

It makes certain laws that are upheld in various countries ( on religious grounds) ridiculous. Why is there such a moral contradiction?
Simply, it is because there is big business and money involved and people become greedy and it overrides their ethics.

Its all hypocritical.

Because medical science is so wonderful, there are less younger people dying, so less available organs. Hence the supply for black market organs of children and younger people.

That's what you call a double edged sword!

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Human head transplants possible by 2017 says neuroscientists Apr 19, 2015 0:07:34 GMT -8

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Lαrα, you have said it well. Moral contradiction is inevitable when people love money above all. Ethics cannot be left out of consideration in utilizing what might be scientifically possible, and the end of helping someone cannot justify means that are immoral. I cannot say that the willingness of this young Russian to make himself available for this surgery is immoral--he is knows he is facing death either way. But the body donor--who decides the morality of that? Complex issues. Notions of superiority might lead some "mad scientist" to create a superbeing of the best parts! How much of us is our physical make-up and how does that integrate with our soul or spiritual make-up? I question the integrity of the neurosurgeon in this situation.

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Post by DJ on Feb 26, 2015 6:50:13 GMT -8

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