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Head Transplant?
« on: April 16, 2015, 07:07:29 AM »
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2015/04/14/man-volunteers-for-world-first-head-transplant/?intcmp=ob_article_footer_text&intcmp=obnetwork

Imagine if they are successful, would the next step be interchangeable body parts via quick disconnect system?
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Re: Head Transplant?
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2015, 12:09:35 PM »
Huh? -----WHAT??!?!!?
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Re: Head Transplant?
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2015, 12:12:02 PM »
I very much doubt this will be successful, but I would be interested to see how much of what we consider our "self" is influenced by the body directly- different hormones, flora, etc... and how much is in our actual brains.
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Re: Head Transplant?
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2015, 11:54:09 PM »
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Re: Head Transplant?
« Reply #4 on: April 17, 2015, 12:00:36 AM »
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Re: Head Transplant?
« Reply #5 on: April 17, 2015, 01:01:35 AM »
This has been done before with monkeys. The monkey lived several days and had full motor control, until the body rejected the head.
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Re: Head Transplant?
« Reply #6 on: April 17, 2015, 01:19:35 AM »
Quote from: DustinD on April 17, 2015, 01:01:35 AM
This has been done before with monkeys. The monkey lived several days and had full motor control over it's face and eyes... until the body rejected the head.

Fixed it for you.  =)

And the Russians have been even more successful with dogs in the past... http://boingboing.net/2011/03/02/mysterious-cyborg-co.html
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