First full body transplant is two years away, surgeon claims

www.theguardian.com ^ | 02-25-2015 | Staff

[a fool in paradise]

Have organs ever been successfully transplanted from male to female?

I have never heard of blood being segregated by sex (and yet there would be hormones present).

The brain would have to “learn” the processing/processes perhaps. But the article says that communicating with the new body itself would require relearning (as stroke patients and limb transplant patients must do).

[Jack Hydrazine]

FRANKENSTEIN - Scientist Plans Head Transplant on HUMANS!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F2grGuZ6_A

[GeronL]

I think some organs have, but they need to be a match. I don’t think this would work for whole bodies. Hey, if they can give me an 18-year old body...

[Spartan79]

This is a common trope in science fiction, particularly the military sci-fi subgenre. Warriors have several cored bodies available, ready to be plugged in to their new controller-mind when his or her original body is destroyed. Some bodies may have been clones of the warrior, others provided by slaves or convicts. Periodic transference of memories are also a common plot element, so if the warrior is obliterated, a spare body complete with most of the warrior’s memories and capabilities can be readily activated to take up anew the battle with fearsome alien monsters. Serial immortality, as it were.

[a fool in paradise]

[jimfree]

Thank you. The Thing With Two Heads is one of the worst movies of all time. I saw it on TV in the 70s.

[a fool in paradise]

The Soviet dog grafts were of different breeds. I don't know if there was organ rejection (certainly the two heads nipped at each other until they realized that's how they were going to stay). My understanding is that they died after a period of weeks because of infection setting in, not organ rejection.

I seem to recall that they did the experiment several times.

[a fool in paradise]

The dogs shared lungs and heart.

[a fool in paradise]

Don't forget that studio's other double-header...

[Alex Murphy]

The Thing With Two Heads is one of the worst movies of all time. I saw it on TV in the 70s.

With God as my witness, I've seen worse. Behold its predecessor and probable inspiration, The Incredible Two-headed Transplant:

[Alex Murphy]

You beat me by seconds!

[Red Badger]

This is a common trope in science fiction, particularly the military sci-fi subgenre.

You don't say.........................

[B Knotts]

“He vould have an enormous schwanzstucker.”

[a fool in paradise]

Periodic transference of memories are also a common plot element, so if the warrior is obliterated, a spare body complete with most of the warrior’s memories and capabilities can be readily activated to take up anew the battle with fearsome alien monsters. Serial immortality, as it were.

There are fictional tales and some accounts (at least the belief) of 'memories' in severed limbs that are grafted on.

[Red Badger]

I’d love to have my 22 year old Marine Corps body back!......................

[Aleya2Fairlie]

Exactly! Much simpler than all that cutting and splicing. Commandeering all those acceptable bodies should be child’s play for some of the diabolical personalities that are around today.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

It was all so easy back then. The ENERGY I had was amazing. Meh. Too much work now, LOL!

[a fool in paradise]

“He vould have an enormous schwanzstucker.”

They made a movie in the 70s about that too.

[Red Badger]

My 4 almost 5 year old grandson wears me out in just a few minutes!...................

[Buckeye McFrog]

Hillary sez "I'll take this one!"