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Posted on 03/28/2019 10:50:08 AM PDT by Red Badger
Sergio Canavero, of Italy, and Xiaoping Ren, of China, published two studies on Wednesday
In the studies, they claim to cure 'irreversible' spinal cord injuries in monkeys and dogs
The papers were published in the peer-reviewed US journal Surgical Neurology International
Describing their findings as 'unprecedented', Canavero and Ren say this shows they are ready to conduct human trials
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The surgeons aspiring to perform the world's first human head transplant claim they have made indisputable progress towards their controversial goal.
Sergio Canavero, of Italy, and Xiaoping Ren, of China, published two studies on Wednesday in which they claim to cure 'irreversible' spinal cord injuries in monkeys and dogs.
According to the papers, published in the peer-reviewed US journal Surgical Neurology International, the animals were able to walk again after their spinal cords were severed then successfully repaired.
Describing their findings as 'unprecedented', Canavero and Ren say this shows they are ready to conduct human trials.
Canavero, based in Turin, told USA Today, his studies 'completely reject' the view that 'a severed spinal cord cannot be mended in any way, a mantra uncritically repeated over and over.'
It's not clear where the trials would be conducted.
Their recent animal studies were done in China, at Harbin Medical University, where researchers across the country have been pushing the envelope scientifically and ethically, sending pulses racing across the world.
Until 2018, they had a candidate - 33-year-old Russian computer science student Valery Spiridonov, who has a fatal muscle-wasting disease.
But Spiridonov dropped out because his new wife gave birth to their 'miracle son', which gave him pause.
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Surgeons planning world's first HEAD transplant claim they repaired 'irreversible' spinal cord injuries in monkeys and dogs - which they say is proof they can start human trials
Now we know the plan for RBG.
This oughta be an interesting thread
Yeah, yeah....and the Israelis found a cure for cancer 2 months ago.
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Just make sure the brain isn’t Abby Normal.
OK. Too funny.
Liberal getting some help....
Great! NOW WE CAN GET A NEW BODY AND BE CANCER FREE!....................
Too late! She’s dead, Jim...............
She looks so life-like...................
If you have a spare 100 million laying around, they will perform it for you.
Good rule of thumb: Any "breakthrough" coming out of China is BOGUS, BOGUS, BOGUS!
We can entice Hollywood to all go there fore the ‘latest longevity and beauty treatment’!...............
Abby Normal.
My untrained, unprofessional opinion:
Even if/when an actual human head transplant takes place, the patient will need to take an incredible amount of anti-rejection drugs to keep things functioning. These drugs would lower the immune response. By lowering the natural immune response, the patient will be prone to disease from all manner of infections a whole person could easily ignore.
I feel horrible about the pain and suffering inflicted on those poor dogs and monkeys for this research, which will likely prove a bunch of baloney.
LOL!
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