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Topic: Human head transplant less than a year away
alleoops Joined Sat 08/06/11 Posts: 10832	Sun 04/30/17 10:38 AM
Human head transplant less than a year away, surgeon says Sergio Canavero has revealed that the world's first human head transplant will take place within 10 months, and he's already planning his next project. By this time next year, if all goes according to plan, the world's first human head transplant will have taken place, Italian surgeon Sergio Canavero has revealed. In early 2015, Canavero made headlines around the world when he announced that he would perform the ground-breaking surgery within two years. Now, he has revealed in an interview with German magazine OOOM that it's going to take place within 10 months, in China. The patient will not be previous transplant volunteer Valery Spiridonov, who has a form of spinal muscular atrophy called Werdnig-Hoffmann Disease. "The first patient will be Chinese," Canavero said. The Chinese team of doctors will be led by Xiaoping Ren of Harbin Medical University, who in 2014 published his research on head transplants on mice. Ren was also a member of the team that performed the first successful hand transplant in the US, and in January 2016 published as co-author alongside Canavero an article in the journal Surgical Neurology International on the scientific backlash on the procedure. The technique was laid out in a 2013 paper, involving a procedure estimated to take 36 hours. Canavero claims to have successfully performed the procedure on a monkey. But other scientists have expressed ethical concerns. New York University bioethicist Arthur Caplan said Canavero was "out of his mind," noting that even if the procedure can be performed successfully, we have no idea what effect the chemistry of a new body would have on the transplanted head and brain. DoDo should be first https://www.cnet.com/news/surgeon-claims-first-human-head-transplant-a-year-away/

greeneyes148 Joined Fri 12/25/15 Posts: 5830	Sun 04/30/17 10:45 AM
I would like to nominate Al Sharpton for the 2nd head transplant as long as the body is in another country.

Unknow Joined Sat 01/11/14 Posts: 23369	Sun 04/30/17 10:49 AM
Does that mean more scammers?

One of a Kind Joined Wed 02/08/17 Posts: 5	Sun 04/30/17 11:21 AM
WTF? Yeah, right.

Piscesmoon02 Joined Wed 11/02/16 Posts: 56490	Sun 04/30/17 11:33 AM
Human head transplant less than a year away, surgeon says Sergio Canavero has revealed that the world's first human head transplant will take place within 10 months, and he's already planning his next project. By this time next year, if all goes according to plan, the world's first human head transplant will have taken place, Italian surgeon Sergio Canavero has revealed. In early 2015, Canavero made headlines around the world when he announced that he would perform the ground-breaking surgery within two years. Now, he has revealed in an interview with German magazine OOOM that it's going to take place within 10 months, in China. The patient will not be previous transplant volunteer Valery Spiridonov, who has a form of spinal muscular atrophy called Werdnig-Hoffmann Disease. "The first patient will be Chinese," Canavero said. The Chinese team of doctors will be led by Xiaoping Ren of Harbin Medical University, who in 2014 published his research on head transplants on mice. Ren was also a member of the team that performed the first successful hand transplant in the US, and in January 2016 published as co-author alongside Canavero an article in the journal Surgical Neurology International on the scientific backlash on the procedure. The technique was laid out in a 2013 paper, involving a procedure estimated to take 36 hours. Canavero claims to have successfully performed the procedure on a monkey. But other scientists have expressed ethical concerns. New York University bioethicist Arthur Caplan said Canavero was "out of his mind," noting that even if the procedure can be performed successfully, we have no idea what effect the chemistry of a new body would have on the transplanted head and brain. DoDo should be first https://www.cnet.com/news/surgeon-claims-first-human-head-transplant-a-year-away/ I don't see how this would even be possible. The head being being transplanted on the other body would have to be dead...brain dead as well...so how would it work?

Yong Joined Tue 09/22/15 Posts: 3	Sun 04/30/17 11:33 AM
Wtf dude, human head transplant???Lmfao

Unknow Joined Sat 01/11/14 Posts: 23369	Sun 04/30/17 11:36 AM
Human head transplant less than a year away, surgeon says Sergio Canavero has revealed that the world's first human head transplant will take place within 10 months, and he's already planning his next project. By this time next year, if all goes according to plan, the world's first human head transplant will have taken place, Italian surgeon Sergio Canavero has revealed. In early 2015, Canavero made headlines around the world when he announced that he would perform the ground-breaking surgery within two years. Now, he has revealed in an interview with German magazine OOOM that it's going to take place within 10 months, in China. The patient will not be previous transplant volunteer Valery Spiridonov, who has a form of spinal muscular atrophy called Werdnig-Hoffmann Disease. "The first patient will be Chinese," Canavero said. The Chinese team of doctors will be led by Xiaoping Ren of Harbin Medical University, who in 2014 published his research on head transplants on mice. Ren was also a member of the team that performed the first successful hand transplant in the US, and in January 2016 published as co-author alongside Canavero an article in the journal Surgical Neurology International on the scientific backlash on the procedure. The technique was laid out in a 2013 paper, involving a procedure estimated to take 36 hours. Canavero claims to have successfully performed the procedure on a monkey. But other scientists have expressed ethical concerns. New York University bioethicist Arthur Caplan said Canavero was "out of his mind," noting that even if the procedure can be performed successfully, we have no idea what effect the chemistry of a new body would have on the transplanted head and brain. DoDo should be first https://www.cnet.com/news/surgeon-claims-first-human-head-transplant-a-year-away/ I don't see how this would even be possible. The head being being transplanted on the other body would have to be dead...brain dead as well...so how would it work? I think we may need to bring our expert in on this one Pisces! He'll know

Piscesmoon02 Joined Wed 11/02/16 Posts: 56490	Sun 04/30/17 11:38 AM
I think we may need to bring our expert in on this one Pisces! He'll know Would be interesting to hear more

Unknow Joined Sat 01/11/14 Posts: 23369	Sun 04/30/17 11:40 AM
I think we may need to bring our expert in on this one Pisces! He'll know Would be interesting to hear more I agree, will ask him to close the shop for a bit

greeneyes148 Joined Fri 12/25/15 Posts: 5830	Sun 04/30/17 11:41 AM Edited by greeneyes148 on Sun 04/30/17 11:42 AM
Human head transplant less than a year away, surgeon says Sergio Canavero has revealed that the world's first human head transplant will take place within 10 months, and he's already planning his next project. By this time next year, if all goes according to plan, the world's first human head transplant will have taken place, Italian surgeon Sergio Canavero has revealed. In early 2015, Canavero made headlines around the world when he announced that he would perform the ground-breaking surgery within two years. Now, he has revealed in an interview with German magazine OOOM that it's going to take place within 10 months, in China. The patient will not be previous transplant volunteer Valery Spiridonov, who has a form of spinal muscular atrophy called Werdnig-Hoffmann Disease. "The first patient will be Chinese," Canavero said. The Chinese team of doctors will be led by Xiaoping Ren of Harbin Medical University, who in 2014 published his research on head transplants on mice. Ren was also a member of the team that performed the first successful hand transplant in the US, and in January 2016 published as co-author alongside Canavero an article in the journal Surgical Neurology International on the scientific backlash on the procedure. The technique was laid out in a 2013 paper, involving a procedure estimated to take 36 hours. Canavero claims to have successfully performed the procedure on a monkey. But other scientists have expressed ethical concerns. New York University bioethicist Arthur Caplan said Canavero was "out of his mind," noting that even if the procedure can be performed successfully, we have no idea what effect the chemistry of a new body would have on the transplanted head and brain. DoDo should be first https://www.cnet.com/news/surgeon-claims-first-human-head-transplant-a-year-away/ I don't see how this would even be possible. The head being being transplanted on the other body would have to be dead...brain dead as well...so how would it work? they are doing the procedure in China, so I am sure duct tape and paper clips will be involved. I wonder if the head donor even knows that they are the donor?

Piscesmoon02 Joined Wed 11/02/16 Posts: 56490	Sun 04/30/17 11:43 AM
Human head transplant less than a year away, surgeon says Sergio Canavero has revealed that the world's first human head transplant will take place within 10 months, and he's already planning his next project. By this time next year, if all goes according to plan, the world's first human head transplant will have taken place, Italian surgeon Sergio Canavero has revealed. In early 2015, Canavero made headlines around the world when he announced that he would perform the ground-breaking surgery within two years. Now, he has revealed in an interview with German magazine OOOM that it's going to take place within 10 months, in China. The patient will not be previous transplant volunteer Valery Spiridonov, who has a form of spinal muscular atrophy called Werdnig-Hoffmann Disease. "The first patient will be Chinese," Canavero said. The Chinese team of doctors will be led by Xiaoping Ren of Harbin Medical University, who in 2014 published his research on head transplants on mice. Ren was also a member of the team that performed the first successful hand transplant in the US, and in January 2016 published as co-author alongside Canavero an article in the journal Surgical Neurology International on the scientific backlash on the procedure. The technique was laid out in a 2013 paper, involving a procedure estimated to take 36 hours. Canavero claims to have successfully performed the procedure on a monkey. But other scientists have expressed ethical concerns. New York University bioethicist Arthur Caplan said Canavero was "out of his mind," noting that even if the procedure can be performed successfully, we have no idea what effect the chemistry of a new body would have on the transplanted head and brain. DoDo should be first https://www.cnet.com/news/surgeon-claims-first-human-head-transplant-a-year-away/ I don't see how this would even be possible. The head being being transplanted on the other body would have to be dead...brain dead as well...so how would it work? they are doing the procedure in China, so I am sure duct tape and paper clips will be involved. I wonder if the head donor even knows that they are the donor? Somehow I doubt it.

Unknow Joined Sat 01/11/14 Posts: 23369	Sun 04/30/17 11:44 AM
they are doing the procedure in China, so I am sure duct tape and paper clips will be involved. I wonder if the head donor even knows tht they re the donor? apparently they are using the head of a short fat guy who owns a bit of land between China and south korea

IgorFrankensteen Joined Thu 10/01/09 Posts: 5444	Sun 04/30/17 11:57 AM
This story has been rattling around for a long while now. There is one obvious test which COULD be done ahead of time, and would make it clear that the doctors were not quacks: reconnect ANY existing patient's severed spinal chord so that they can function. That has never been done. It's relatively easy to attach a head to a body, including hooking up all the "pipes." But making the thing function afterwards is so far impossible.

Unknow Joined Sat 01/11/14 Posts: 23369	Sun 04/30/17 12:01 PM
This story has been rattling around for a long while now. There is one obvious test which COULD be done ahead of time, and would make it clear that the doctors were not quacks: reconnect ANY existing patient's severed spinal chord so that they can function. That has never been done. It's relatively easy to attach a head to a body, including hooking up all the "pipes." But making the thing function afterwards is so far impossible. The spinal cord is the tricky bit, Don't want to be nosey but did a distant relative of yours do this year's ago?

greeneyes148 Joined Fri 12/25/15 Posts: 5830	Sun 04/30/17 12:02 PM
The Chinese have way too much time on their hands. They have a huge over population problem and now they want to start switching their heads around.

Piscesmoon02 Joined Wed 11/02/16 Posts: 56490	Sun 04/30/17 12:23 PM
This story has been rattling around for a long while now. There is one obvious test which COULD be done ahead of time, and would make it clear that the doctors were not quacks: reconnect ANY existing patient's severed spinal chord so that they can function. That has never been done. It's relatively easy to attach a head to a body, including hooking up all the "pipes." But making the thing function afterwards is so far impossible. Well that's what I was wondering about. How could they make it function if it were brain dead?

greeneyes148 Joined Fri 12/25/15 Posts: 5830	Sun 04/30/17 12:38 PM
their plan is to put head DNA in the neck cavity and grow a head... like a Chia Pet... just water it a few times a week.

Unknow Joined Sat 01/11/14 Posts: 23369	Sun 04/30/17 12:46 PM
their plan is to put head DNA in the neck cavity and grow a head... like a Chia Pet... just water it a few times a week. Like the shop keeper in men in black? His head grows back when they shoot it off?

Tom4Uhere Joined Sat 12/17/16 Posts: 16240	Sun 04/30/17 12:56 PM
their plan is to put head DNA in the neck cavity and grow a head... like a Chia Pet... just water it a few times a week. I grew an extra head but something went wrong. It pukes when it gets too excited.

joethebricky Joined Sat 08/04/12 Posts: 12740	Sun 04/30/17 01:29 PM
Human head transplant less than a year away, surgeon says Sergio Canavero has revealed that the world's first human head transplant will take place within 10 months, and he's already planning his next project. By this time next year, if all goes according to plan, the world's first human head transplant will have taken place, Italian surgeon Sergio Canavero has revealed. In early 2015, Canavero made headlines around the world when he announced that he would perform the ground-breaking surgery within two years. Now, he has revealed in an interview with German magazine OOOM that it's going to take place within 10 months, in China. The patient will not be previous transplant volunteer Valery Spiridonov, who has a form of spinal muscular atrophy called Werdnig-Hoffmann Disease. "The first patient will be Chinese," Canavero said. The Chinese team of doctors will be led by Xiaoping Ren of Harbin Medical University, who in 2014 published his research on head transplants on mice. Ren was also a member of the team that performed the first successful hand transplant in the US, and in January 2016 published as co-author alongside Canavero an article in the journal Surgical Neurology International on the scientific backlash on the procedure. The technique was laid out in a 2013 paper, involving a procedure estimated to take 36 hours. Canavero claims to have successfully performed the procedure on a monkey. But other scientists have expressed ethical concerns. New York University bioethicist Arthur Caplan said Canavero was "out of his mind," noting that even if the procedure can be performed successfully, we have no idea what effect the chemistry of a new body would have on the transplanted head and brain. DoDo should be first https://www.cnet.com/news/surgeon-claims-first-human-head-transplant-a-year-away/ I don't see how this would even be possible. The head being being transplanted on the other body would have to be dead...brain dead as well...so how would it work? Let me explain, si je peux You will need a head, a body, preferably both at room temperature, a sharp scalpel