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Terminally ill man set to undergo first full HEAD transplant (trun title)
dailymail.co.uk ^ | Will Stewart and Nick Fagge

Posted on 04/08/2015 12:29:49 PM PDT by RoosterRedux

A man with a fatal medical condition has spoken exclusively to MailOnline about how he is set to become the first person to undergo a head transplant and hopes it could be as soon as next year.

Valery Spiridonov says he is ready to put his trust in controversial surgeon Dr Sergio Canavero who claims he can cut off his head and attach it to a healthy body.

Mr Spiridonov, 30, a computer scientist from Russia, said: 'My decision is final and I do not plan to change my mind.'

As a lifelong sufferer of the rare genetic Werdnig-Hoffman muscle wasting disease, he says he wants the chance of a new body before he dies.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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KEYWORDS: headtransplant; transplant
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To: Riley

Talkin’ about the man.


21 posted on 04/08/2015 12:34:38 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Plea$e $upport Free Republic!)
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To: dfwgator

I woulda been quicker, but my computer was having a slow day.................


22 posted on 04/08/2015 12:35:25 PM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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To: RoosterRedux

23 posted on 04/08/2015 12:35:56 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: RoosterRedux

simple truncation

I think that’s what is going to happen to him.


24 posted on 04/08/2015 12:35:57 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: GeronL

It may be from Abby Normal.


25 posted on 04/08/2015 12:36:43 PM PDT by rfreedom4u (Do you know who Barry Soetoro is?)
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To: RoosterRedux

Oh Happy Day!

26 posted on 04/08/2015 12:36:56 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: RoosterRedux

This gives a whole new meaning to the expression “getting head.”


28 posted on 04/08/2015 12:37:08 PM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: MrEdd

Norway’s bravest son.


29 posted on 04/08/2015 12:37:20 PM PDT by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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To: tet68

Belly LOL!


30 posted on 04/08/2015 12:37:59 PM PDT by RoosterRedux (WSC: The truth is incontrovertible; malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end...)
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To: GeronL
Who is donating the healthy body?

ISIS has a wide assortment of healthy headless bodies for sale. They also have an assortment of healthy body-less heads in case anyone needs one of those.

31 posted on 04/08/2015 12:39:57 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: RoosterRedux

He’s not gonna change his mind. I find that ironic.


32 posted on 04/08/2015 12:40:21 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: GeronL

Who is donating the healthy body?


Someone from “Planet Claire”


33 posted on 04/08/2015 12:40:56 PM PDT by Zeneta (Thoughts in time and out of season.)
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To: RoosterRedux
'My decision is final and I do not plan to change my mind.'

No, actually you DO plan to change your mind!
34 posted on 04/08/2015 12:41:56 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

found it

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3029376/Russian-volunteer-head-transplant-operation-Valery-Spiridonov-says-no-choice-undergo-7-5million-procedure-controversial-Italian-surgeon-Dr-Sergio-Canavero.html


35 posted on 04/08/2015 12:41:57 PM PDT by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
He's a grateful dead head fan. Otherwise known as dead heads.
36 posted on 04/08/2015 12:42:14 PM PDT by tflabo (Truth or tyranny)
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To: RoosterRedux

HOW HEALTHY IS THE head?...


37 posted on 04/08/2015 12:42:32 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: All
Sorry, I forgot to provide a link to the Daily Mail (UK)...

EXCLUSIVE: Revealed, the terminally ill man set to be first to undergo the world's first full HEAD transplant pioneered by doctor branded 'nuts'

38 posted on 04/08/2015 12:45:06 PM PDT by RoosterRedux (WSC: The truth is incontrovertible; malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end...)
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To: Vaquero

friggin awesome movie


39 posted on 04/08/2015 12:45:15 PM PDT by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Sorry about that...see post 38.


40 posted on 04/08/2015 12:46:13 PM PDT by RoosterRedux (WSC: The truth is incontrovertible; malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end...)
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