Meet the man who volunteered for world's first 'head transplant'

[Lee Ho Khan]

Head transplant was done on the 1970's and was successful. The patient monkey was transplanted to another was able to live for sometime. The procedure was replicated and was proven to be feasible, for at least animal tests.

The probability of success of the operation is little. More so with the post-op care and treatment. The risk of rejection is far greater than the actual probability of success from the actual operation.

Ethical, moral dilemmas, cultural and social issues also arise.

Straight facts:
-kajut ra nabuhi ang monkey.
-monkeys are not the same as humans. Close, but not the same.
-Ethical and technological issue will probably be the biggest obstacle. Since I think majority of the world population isn't going to become atheists soon, this would probably not happen. Technology is still not on this level.

Some professional opinions:
- Dr. Jerry Silver, an expert in regrowing severed nerves, stated "I think [head transplants are] fairly barbaric at this point. I do not even see that 100 years from now it is a possibility."

Source:
Head transplant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[yhokz101]

Some professional opinions:
- Dr. Jerry Silver, an expert in regrowing severed nerves, stated "I think [head transplants are] fairly barbaric at this point. I do not even see that 100 years from now it is a possibility."

Source:
Head transplant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I dont know what year was that statement being made but i found this that have proved that nerves can be regrown/regenerated.

For the first time ever, a surgery regrows spinal cord nerves — and lets this man walk again

Darek Fidyka hasn't been able to walk for four years. But a pioneering new surgical treatment has now given him his legs back, in what scientists believe is the first-ever instance of renewed nerve growth in a person with a spinal cord injury.

For the first time ever, a surgery regrows spinal cord nerves

Medicine have been advancing in a manner where some procedures today is thought to be impossible 20-30 years back.

So there is a big hope with this procedure if nerve-issue is concerned..

[makal34]

kani si pnoy pwde ni ma candidate sa transplant??hahahahahahha

[yhokz101]

kani si pnoy pwde ni ma candidate sa transplant??hahahahahahha

pwd pero wa cguro mo donate sa lawas..

[zmoktyok]

huh! gi unsa kaha niya pag sumpay sa mga nerves ani noh! lagpasa!

[keen]

i'd have to agree with the doctor who described the whole thing as "barbaric." still, it is interesting to see how this will turn out, especially for the volunteer who just wishes for a longer life yet decides to undergo a process that could potentially shorten his life in an extreme way...

[salbahis]

Head transplant was done on the 1970's and was successful. The patient monkey was transplanted to another was able to live for sometime. The procedure was replicated and was proven to be feasible, for at least animal tests.

The probability of success of the operation is little. More so with the post-op care and treatment. The risk of rejection is far greater than the actual probability of success from the actual operation.

Ethical, moral dilemmas, cultural and social issues also arise.

actually it was more earlier than that it was first done by Charles Claude Guthrie (1908 ), the first successful transplant was done by Vladimir Demikhov on January 13, 1959, it was done on a DOG

[Romeojin]

^^



kinsa mo volunteer ?

[shrapnelix]

Wiki is not exactly "factual".
Anyway, the aim of my discussion was not to point out the scientific and medical accuracy of the procedure.

I'm no expert. Any practicing neuro-surgeon out there?

Its to know the two sides of the coin. The good , bad, implications of these. We are taking a huge leap on Science and medicine. But is there a moral cost to this? Have you ever imagined waking up, looking around the room, and knowing you're just a head?

[harhar]

Experiments in the Revival of Organisms
https://archive.org/details/Experime1940