Head transplant

Merl1n

Could further advancement with this move on to head transplants on donor bodies

http://www.bbc.com/news/health-29645760

Robert J White preformed a head transplant on a monkey in 1970 and ran into rejection problems and was unable to reconnect the spinal cord

If this moves on it could open the door to body transplant or maybe I just watch too much science fiction

Frynge

Im thinking too much science fiction.

But i doubt it would ever be ethically sound to even attempt it in our lifetimes.

fedor.2.

Look, it's late, head to bed and sleep it off

How Soon Is Now

Finally i can get rid of the mental looking one im stuck with!.

To call it a head transplant would be technically wrong as the head is in control of the rest of the body, so in reality it's a body transplant.

After all, your body isn't going to think "my head's changed!"

Pat Mustard

Sounds a bit like HP Lovecraft's 'Herbert West: Reanimator'.

That story didn't end well, OP.

How Soon Is Now

How Soon Is Now wrote: »

Finally i can get rid of the mental looking one im stuck with!.

Do you think she'll leave you if you change your body?

VandC

the head on your neck?


how boring :-D

dr.bollocko

I really hope my new body donor didn't just eat as many chips as I just did.

Ted_YNWA

fedor.2. wrote: »

Look, it's late, head to bed and sleep it off

Where should the rest of me go to?

How Soon Is Now

Deleted User wrote: »

Do you think she'll leave you if you change your body?

Shes second hand now sure ! :pac:

antodeco

You'd want to have some neck to get a head transplant!

How could you face all your family?

Nobody would ever talk to you.

I wouldn't even do it to get ahead in my life.

Merl1n

People accept it OK to transplant lungs, heart,liver and kidneys

France preformed the first partial face transplant in 2005

Hand transplants have also been successfully done

I don't see a problem moving a good head to a donor body

Duff

In fairness, If you'd a big Sellafield head on ya, it'd be worth a shot..

Archeron

Dr Hfuhruhurr and Miss Uumellmahaye both approve so who am I to argue?

neil_

Deleted User wrote: »

To call it a head transplant would be technically wrong as the head is in control of the rest of the body, so in reality it's a body transplant.

After all, your body isn't going to think "my head's changed!"

That's not precisely true, there is a lot of feedback between your brain and body. You would not experience the world in exactly the same way if you did get a head/body transplant, whatever you want to call it. Various hormone levels and what not would be different, and of course your body would almost certainly "feel" different, even if you didn't notice, which would affect the way you think and act. Heart rate, lung function, muscle tone, fat levels, and lots of other things can all affect mood and cognition.

Merl1n

Looks like this might happen

An Italian neurosurgeon is planning to carry out the first procedure on a human

Rubberlegs

Wasn't Worzel Gummidge doing that years ago ??

Merl1n

I'm sure the first heart transplant had a lot of people sceptical