Surgeon promising first human head transplant makes US pitch; Dick Cheney is intrigued

[TexasTowelie]

Annapolis (United States) (AFP) - An Italian neurosurgeon's project to undertake the first human head transplant has received a skeptical welcome in the United States, where he made a pitch to donors and fellow scientists.

Sergio Canavero, who leads the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group, first announced his project in 2013, saying at the time that such a procedure could be possible as soon as 2016.

But this timeline seems extremely unlikely given the numerous obstacles and gaps in knowledge.

Canavero, who made a 2.5-hour presentation Friday at a conference of the American Academy of Neurological and Orthopedic Surgeons in Annapolis, Maryland, met for the first time there a man who volunteered for the world's first head transplant.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/surgeon-promising-first-human-head-transplant-makes-us-201123086.html

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[pinboy3niner]

1. If they try it, Dick's head would be the one labeled Abby Normal. nt

[Kablooie]

2. Dick Cheneys head on Kim Kardashians body would be dreamy.

[pinboy3niner]

3. Maybe if you're Edvard Munch

[SunSeeker]

4. You would be attaching the head to a paralyzed body, since the spinal chord was severed.

We haven't figured out how to fix severed spinal cords, so I don't see how this could work, even if you could keep the brain alive in that cranium long enough to attach the head.

[TexasTowelie]

6. The article indicates who is willing to volunteer the head and why.

What I'm wondering about is who is volunteering the body? This seems like a major complication.

[Warpy]

5. Sorry, Dick, the surgeon specified a human head

not a disguised lizard head like yours.

[Archae]

7. "Pitch to donors"

All credible information says this surgeon is a scammer.