Avoozl Posted April 15, 2015 Apparently an Italian surgeon is going to attempt the first ever human head transplant with a Russian man as the subject. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/292306.php 0 Share this post Link to post
Netherstorm Posted April 15, 2015 Pretty cool stuff! Hopefully the transplant is successful. 0 Share this post Link to post
Cupboard Posted April 15, 2015 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Demikhov 0 Share this post Link to post
Avoozl Posted April 15, 2015 TheCupboard said:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Demikhov But they did it with animals and not humans, it's not like it's been done with a human before. 0 Share this post Link to post
Kontra Kommando Posted April 15, 2015 If it is successful, it opens up a lot of implications for extending the human lifespan. 0 Share this post Link to post
Kontra Kommando Posted April 15, 2015 Is Dr. Sergio Canavero into Oi? The Fred Perry shirt and shaved head makes him look like a skinhead. 0 Share this post Link to post
j4rio Posted April 15, 2015 Ten bucks on this stunt ending disastrously. 0 Share this post Link to post
Memfis Posted April 15, 2015 Yeah, this is pretty damn hard to believe... 0 Share this post Link to post
BaronOfStuff Posted April 15, 2015 I can only see him ending up like this at best. 0 Share this post Link to post
Clonehunter Posted April 15, 2015 Kontra Kommando said: [img]http://i.imgur.com/nvBEOQN.jpg Is Dr. Sergio Canavero into Oi? The Fred Perry shirt and shaved head makes him look like a skinhead. [/B] For a second there I thought Michael Rooker had given up acting for science 0 Share this post Link to post
darknation Posted April 15, 2015 oh wow. Dr. Canavero told CNN he has received an array of emails and letters from people asking to be considered for the procedure, many of which have been from transgender individuals seeking a new body. I've stopped researching future technologies in civ 2 because frankly, I no longer want. 0 Share this post Link to post
Pencil of Doom Posted April 15, 2015 This is rather a interesting subject, even through the russian has a diesase, it's better to try and risk, rather than not trying and keep suffering. 0 Share this post Link to post
Waffenak Posted April 15, 2015 Looking forward to this. If successful, what possibilities this could open in the future 0 Share this post Link to post
j4rio Posted April 15, 2015 darknation said:Dr. Canavero told CNN he has received an array of emails and letters from people asking to be considered for the procedure, many of which have been from transgender individuals seeking a new body. ? I hope those people realize they will be most likely completely disabled if it happens to work and they live through it. 0 Share this post Link to post
Kontra Kommando Posted April 15, 2015 If I was him, I'd seize this opportunity. If successful, image the legacy his life would leave behind. 0 Share this post Link to post
hardcore_gamer Posted April 15, 2015 Waffenak said:Looking forward to this. If successful, what possibilities this could open in the future Like dictators that can live forever? If this happens, then "eternal president" won't just be a flashy title. On a more serious note, even if this works (and it probably won't), it's not like we all have immortality all of a sudden. In order for a old person to keep on living that person needs another younger body, and it's not like those are just all over the place. At best, the elite of humanity would be able to keep on living. 0 Share this post Link to post
dew Posted April 15, 2015 hardcore_gamer said:On a more serious note, even if this works (and it probably won't), it's not like we all have immortality all of a sudden. In order for a old person to keep on living that person needs another younger body, and it's not like those are just all over the place. At best, at the elite of humanity would be able to keep on living. I'll pretend this is the plot for the next Neill Blomkamp movie and not something you may have actually considered plausible. 0 Share this post Link to post
VGA Posted April 15, 2015 The brain gets older, too. No way around that. 0 Share this post Link to post
hardcore_gamer Posted April 15, 2015 VGA said:The brain gets older, too. No way around that. But how long would it actually take for only the brain to just fail? Sure there are certain things like alzheimers and stuff but there are also extremely old people out there who are just as mentally fit as anybody. And it's not like medicine won't be invented in the future that will prevent this from happening. 0 Share this post Link to post
j4rio Posted April 15, 2015 Simply said, it's a well known fact that there is a date set in your DNA when you are going to die. There's no way to reach it currently because of enviromental factors causing death before this state can hypothetically occur. 0 Share this post Link to post
geo Posted April 15, 2015 j4rio said:? I hope those people realize they will be most likely completely disabled if it happens to work and they live through it. This. I like the fact that mad scientists are real but when I hear fuse in the article he won't have any mobility but its his choice. As for transgender wanting in that's just easy answers. 0 Share this post Link to post
hardcore_gamer Posted April 16, 2015 j4rio said:Simply said, it's a well known fact that there is a date set in your DNA when you are going to die. There's no way to reach it currently because of enviromental factors causing death before this state can hypothetically occur. Source? 0 Share this post Link to post
MFG38 Posted April 16, 2015 j4rio said:Ten bucks on this stunt ending disastrously. Make it ten grand. 0 Share this post Link to post
Doomkid Posted April 16, 2015 Gives a whole new meaning to "giving head" 0 Share this post Link to post
Technician Posted April 16, 2015 A video recreation of the upcoming surgery: 0 Share this post Link to post
j4rio Posted April 16, 2015 hardcore_gamer said:Source? http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/genetic/hayflick-limit.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayflick_limit This took a grand load of half a minute of googling. Was that really so hard on your own? 0 Share this post Link to post
RUSH Posted April 16, 2015 j4rio said:This took a grand load of half a minute of googling. Was that really so hard on your own? hardcore_gamer doesn't exactly seem to be the most proficient at using Google, as this thread from 7 days ago will demonstrate: http://www.doomworld.com/vb/post-hell/72387-does-cognac-lose-its-taste-if-kept-too-long/ 0 Share this post Link to post
LANEGRACABRA Posted April 20, 2015 Aren't scientists still researching Henrietta Lack's cells to sort of circumvent the expiration date of cells without them going cancerous? Head transplanting, that is some real Frankenstein shit right there. 0 Share this post Link to post
Pencil of Doom Posted April 20, 2015 Wow the ruskie is strange looking, i mean he looks so small. 0 Share this post Link to post