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RE: The first human head transplant is going to happen in 2017.
It'll be interesting to see if they can properly connect the spinal cord. Would be a shame for him to end up paralyzed.
Though I don't understand how the Rhesus monkey transplant is deemed a success... not only did it survive only 9 days, it was completely paralyzed ! (and most certainly in complete panic. Poor monkey)
Hope the mice are doing good.
Cause if he hasn't topped the Monkey transplant and intends to do it to a human... That wouldn't be very ethical of the dear doctor XS
it is the part of revolution not all experiments go successful at least they have courage specially the patient who has volunteer himself on his own. if he is successful then Spiridonov will be called as real superhero of the scenario.
Though there WILL be ethical implications.
It's highly unlikely it will be legal to do this kind of operation in the next 10-15 years, even if the transplant is successful.
Were would you get the donor body ? Even if it works, it'll have been VERY risky.
In short, I think even if it works there'll be a period of at least a few years while they study how the operation went and make the technique better before anyone follows along.
But maybe the operation itself will yield some interesting information...
Now that I think about it, he'll probably need to be on immune suppressors for life, so the body doesn't try and reject the head. There's also going to be a lot of brain rewiring needed so the brain can get used to a completely different body.
Given he is paralyzed, the brain regions responsible for moving all his limbs are probably slightly degraded, not having been used in so long, so he's going to have one hell of a physical rehabilitation training schedule afterwards.
But let's hope for the best.