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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: Ben on August 30, 2016, 10:31:14 AM
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A Russian guy has volunteered for the world's first head transplant. Apparently a lot of experts are calling it "junk science". Seeing how the volunteer has to live though, I can't blame him for wanting to try, and I wish him well.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/russian-man-volunteers-for-first-human-head-transplant/
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Yep, either way the Russian man is going to die soon. I hope it works.
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This is actually old news, including the Russian guy volunteering to go first.
I think it's a very bad idea and I harbor serious doubts that it can possibly succeed, but I admit to being perversely curious to see it tried and to find out what's going to happen.
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I think it's a very bad idea and I harbor serious doubts that it can possibly succeed, but I admit to being perversely curious to see it tried and to find out what's going to happen.
I want to find out about the legal aspects; since it will have the fingerprints and likely most of the DNA of the body donor, even though the brain is obviously the "head donor" who is it legally?
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So, on his driver's license... right next to "Organ Donor"... does it say "Head Giver"?
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Will they be attaching him to the body or a male or a female?
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Will they be attaching him to the body or a male or a female?
Wonderful, you're gonna get Roo_ster all riled up.
Chris
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Wouldn't the guy be a quadriplegic? Hooking up a head to another body would involve hooking up the nerves in order to make the body work. Ummm, that's not possible yet or all the paras and quads would be cured.
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Wouldn't the guy be a quadriplegic? Hooking up a head to another body would involve hooking up the nerves in order to make the body work. Ummm, that's not possible yet or all the paras and quads would be cured.
The Russian guy IS a quadraplegic. That's the whole point -- he wants to get his head connected to a body that functions. The Italian doctor is certain (at least, he says he's certain) that he can hook up all the nerves.
I don't know how he can do it. They aren't color coded like in an automobile.
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I want to find out about the legal aspects; since it will have the fingerprints and likely most of the DNA of the body donor, even though the brain is obviously the "head donor" who is it legally?
Might get interesting if you wound up with the body of a serial murderer. [popcorn]
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The Russian guy IS a quadraplegic. That's the whole point -- he wants to get his head connected to a body that functions. The Italian doctor is certain (at least, he says he's certain) that he can hook up all the nerves.
I don't know how he can do it. They aren't color coded like in an automobile.
There has been some experimentation with stimulating nerve growth. One of the chief impediments in cases where there's been spinal damage is the formation of scar tissue. If that can be inhibited too, some degree of nerve fusion might be possible.
But it's never been done like this, only trying to regrow nerves in the same body --- and with very limited success at that.
I would not be optimistic about the outcome .....
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I suspect if he survives the surgery, he'll wish that he hadn't. It can't possibly end well. Maybe in another 100 years, but that's doubtful.
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I don't know how he can do it. They aren't color coded like in an automobile.
Piece of cake:
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I suspect if he survives the surgery, he'll wish that he hadn't. It can't possibly end well. Maybe in another 100 years, but that's doubtful.
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I suspect if he survives the surgery, he'll wish that he hadn't. It can't possibly end well. Maybe in another 100 years, but that's doubtful.
Gotta start somewhere.
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I suspect if he survives the surgery, he'll wish that he hadn't. It can't possibly end well. Maybe in another 100 years, but that's doubtful.
You really think he'll live that long? :O
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The Russian guy IS a quadraplegic. That's the whole point -- he wants to get his head connected to a body that functions. The Italian doctor is certain (at least, he says he's certain) that he can hook up all the nerves.
I don't know how he can do it. They aren't color coded like in an automobile.
I think they're bringing in a specialist from Lucas Electronics to help.....
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I don't know how he can do it. They aren't color coded like in an automobile.
Maybe he used to work in IT.
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Looking at the photo:
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. . . I wondered if his parents were downwind from Chernobyl.
(Yes, I know it's genetic)
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You really think he'll live that long? :O
Quote just because it's such a good line :rofl:
I think they're bringing in a specialist from Lucas Electronics to help.....
The Prince of Darkness :lol:
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Spiridonov suffers from Werdnig-Hoffmann Disease, a rare and often fatal genetic disorder that breaks down muscles and kills nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that help the body move.
Would his disease not affect the new body as well?
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If this works, think what it will mean for the trans gendered.....
[/tongue in cheek]