Breakthrough ... Dr Sergio Canavero
By TOM EDWARDS
Published: 01st July 2013
Scientist has declared the path clear for the first transplant of a full HUMAN HEAD.
In a paper published recently, Dr Sergio Canavero, of the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group in Italy, says advances in cell engineering mean surgeons are now theoretically able to fuse a human spinal cord.
This means it should be possible to transplant a full head successfully — just like in Mary Shelley’s classic tale.The last previous attempt — in 1970 — saw the head of a Rhesus monkey transplanted onto another at a lab in Ohio, US.
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