Posted on 05/15/2016 12:53:52 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
A RUSSIAN man who has a debilitating illness has volunteered to become the first person to undergo a head transplant but experts say the side effects of the procedure could be worse than death.
Valery Spiridonov, 30, suffers from Werdnig-Hoffmann disease, a rare form of spinal muscular atrophy.
The controversial operation will involve cooling his head to around 12 degrees Celsius, cutting it from his body and connecting it to the donated body of a brain-dead person.
Arthur Caplan, director of medical ethics at New York Universitys Langone Medical Centre described Dr Canavero as "nuts".
He believes that the bodies of head transplant patients "would end up being overwhelmed with different pathways and chemistry than they are used to and theyd go crazy.
But Dr Canavero hit back at the criticism saying Valery will not only live with his new body, but will be able to walk within a year of the operation.
I had read about the Germans trying the reanimation thing. They gave up because the soul was lost and the things went berzerk.
I would think that the ‘spark’ that is the soul would be lost in the transplant resulting in a zombie-like individual.
It's coming just as sure as gender-neutral bathrooms.
lol
He vould have an enormous schwanzstucker.
My copy of ‘The Evil One’ has a transcript of an interview Roky gave in Britain back in the day. It’s like he was answering questions from a different interview that he gave 6 months ago.
‘Did you listen to rocknroll, Roky?’
‘No, I never did.’
God bless him, he can rock.
Freegards
Baron Karza’s Body Banks become reality.
The N.I.C.E has already done it (with he Saracen’s head)...
Ha, I haven’t thought about the Micronauts for years. But you are right. Baron Karza was the Micronaut’s Darth Vader, right?
I was think more along the lines of this, from Larry Niven:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organlegging
Freegards
I haven’t heard of that book, but it sounds like scary stuff! Organlegging.
Funny. I was watching Frankenstein on TV when I saw the link to the article on the Drudge Report.
“...But Dr Canavero hit back at the criticism ...”
Maybe Dr Canavero should “volunteer” to be the first one to try it... you know, just to make sure it works...
I mean, if he’s SOOOO confident an’ all...
lol
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