worlds first head transplant planned for 2017

[tidyboiler]

You never met her.

You may like her if you did. :laugh:

I didn't need to!!.. Just looking at her clothes gave it away. :rofl: (and no I wouldn't...... )

 

[VoltzElectrical]

I thought there were two supplies to the head, one on each side. The Carotid arteries take blood to the head and the Jugular veins take the blood away.

Totally impossible to remove a head and maintain oxegenated blood to the brain in the time frames needed for brain function to remain normal if at all. If this procedure WAS 'successful' then the patient would wake up like me. If the patient wants that, then crack on dudes!

 

[plugsandsparks]

I'm puzzled why they call it a 'head' transplant and not a body transplant. They're not giving a person a new head because as soon as the head is replaced it's actually a new person. They're actually giving a head a new body.

I like the sound of that. I need a new back, knee, foot, right shoulder and the liver and lungs are probably due a service. At some point a full body transplant, preferably an 18 year old descendant of Usain Bolt, makes more sense. Is it really difficult ? and on the NHS ?

 

[rapparee]

They chill the body temperature to 10-15 °C, this will supposedly slow everything down and give them the time to operate

 

[Jonspark]

They could of course do the procedure in zero gravity where time is much slower than on earth, or in a black hole would be better.

 

[Engineer54]

Even if they managed to get over the blood supply problems, unless they have made some major breakthroughs with nerve ending repairs that i haven't heard of, it's going to be a non-starter...

 

[tazz]

I believe UKESrail has offered to donate his head for the procedure...but was turned down on the cell count test.

 

[SPARTYKUS]

I'll wager the bloke won't survive the operation.