Jul 06
In a provocative new paper, an Italian neuroscientist outlines how to perform a complete human head transplant, arguing that such a surgical procedure is now within the realm of possibility.
Switching heads sounds pretty “Frankenstein,” for sure. But for decades researchers have been trying the procedure on animals. In 1970, the first head “linkage” was achieved in a monkey. But no one knew how to hook up the transplanted head to the spinal cord.
Now Dr. Sergio Canavero of the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group says he knows how to solve that problem.
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