Head Transplant time ?

Efour · 20 Sep 2016 at 20:13

Woot Daily Mail link

Seems pretty interesting. As messed up as it all is its the Russian guys life/body/head surely he should be able to do what he wants and legally sign away his life to the crazy scientist to practice on.

I mean ,looking at him, i would think its worth a shot, controversial...

Is it ethical ? Should this be allowed ? Its obviously a long way off but its kinda grotesquely fascinating.

Dont read the article if you are a massive animal lover because it has a few pictures of animal experiments that the nutter has carried out to help his research.

I think he's a crackpot. Still i want to see it done on a human rather than another doggy.

UTmaniac · 20 Sep 2016 at 20:19

Futurama heads in jars might come to the present day! :eek:

FloppyPoppy · 20 Sep 2016 at 20:21

A controversial subject aye but if it works it will be ******* brilliant

wedrum · 20 Sep 2016 at 20:23

Wow makes me feel weird just reading it.

Caged · 20 Sep 2016 at 20:24

Would this make it technically a threesome every time?

Mynight · 20 Sep 2016 at 20:28

Caged said:
Would this make it technically a threesome every time?

I don't even think this one is a thing yet :eek:

. Rule 34 is not yet complete!

I really want a live stream I think this is going to be incredible. Hopefully not a failure.

Although I wonder what may come from this. If the brain is fine but the body aging will the rich just swap. Semi immortality.

Caged · 20 Sep 2016 at 20:31

I'm assuming the live stream you want is of the operation, and not the uh, other thing

wedrum · 20 Sep 2016 at 20:33

Mynight said:
Although I wonder what may come from this. If the brain is fine but the body aging will the rich just swap. Semi immortality.

Wow one day this will happen

Mynight · 20 Sep 2016 at 20:35

Caged said:
I'm assuming the live stream you want is of the operation, and not the uh, other thing

Yes. I probably should have specified.

Diddums · 20 Sep 2016 at 20:36

Been following this a while, genuinely interested. This is proper mad scientist stuff, if he pulls it off (heh) it could give the guy a whole new life but from doing some reading, the body / head won't accept the other bit for more than 30 seconds.

cyber69 · 20 Sep 2016 at 20:38

Could a mans head be transplanted onto a female body and vice versa?

Derek W · 20 Sep 2016 at 20:39

Head Transplant time ?

Off the top of my head I'd say its going to be a long time in surgery...

Mynight · 20 Sep 2016 at 20:41

Diddums said:
Been following this a while, genuinely interested. This is proper mad scientist stuff, if he pulls it off (heh) it could give the guy a whole new life but from doing some reading, the body / head won't accept the other bit for more than 30 seconds.

I imagine it's going to be a hell of an anti rejection drug regime.

cyber69 said:
Could a mans head be transplanted onto a female body and vice versa?

Let's get through the first one ey before we get exotic

. I must admit I have no idea though probably not.

You know they can do sex changes already if you're that interested

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Nevakonaza · 20 Sep 2016 at 20:44

Remember seeing this last year sometime,Cant see it working myself but im no surgeon.

MooMoo444 · 20 Sep 2016 at 20:46

It's not possible, we simply don't have the technology or understanding to reconnect a severed spine. If by some miracle they can do it so the brain doesn't die, they'd just end up a vegetable.

dacads · 20 Sep 2016 at 20:47

That's some ****ed up **** and the guy would definitely be in a worse state sorry

Mynight · 20 Sep 2016 at 20:48

MooMoo444 said:
It's not possible, we simply don't have the technology or understanding to reconnect a severed spine. If by some miracle they can do it so the brain doesn't die, they'd just end up a vegetable.

No more nails..

AHarvey · 20 Sep 2016 at 20:49

Diddums said:
Been following this a while, genuinely interested. This is proper mad scientist stuff, if he pulls it off (heh) it could give the guy a whole new life but from doing some reading, the body / head won't accept the other bit for more than 30 seconds.

To save me a load of reading, why not?

Mynight · 20 Sep 2016 at 20:52

AHarvey said:
To save me a load of reading, why not?

The body tries to kill foreign cells. It'd essentially be trying to kill the head.

Although I'm not sure if the immune system is autonomous or controlled by the brain (been a long time since a level biology).

wordy · 20 Sep 2016 at 20:53

cyber69 said:
Could a mans head be transplanted onto a female body and vice versa?

It worked in this documentary I saw called Gotham.