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Panich52

(5,829 posts) Tue Jun 9, 2015, 04:26 PM Jun 2015

Head transplants: science or science fiction?

DiscoveryNews

A surgeon seeking to perform the first head transplant has a volunteer, but the list of potential complications is long.

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Head transplants: science or science fiction? (Original Post) Panich52 Jun 2015 OP

Just too freaky for me marym625 Jun 2015 #1

Microsurgery has not progressed to the point of being able to connect all the nerve fibers Warpy Jun 2015 #2

marym625

(17,997 posts)

1. Just too freaky for me

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Tue Jun 9, 2015, 04:27 PM

Jun 2015

Warpy

(111,267 posts)

2. Microsurgery has not progressed to the point of being able to connect all the nerve fibers

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Tue Jun 9, 2015, 04:35 PM

Jun 2015

Oh, they might be able to put a head on a body on life support, but that's the extent of it for now. The body will not be under voluntary control and most likely the autonomic systems will also fail. Not a nice way to pursue eternal life.

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