Doctor 'does head transplant on a monkey' – and plans to do a human next

Metro ^ | Jan 20, 2016 | Andrew Griffin

[bkopto]

A maverick surgeon who plans to transplant a human head onto another body has successfully performed the operation on a monkey, he claims.

Sergio Canavero made the shocking claim after a series of experiments on animals and human corpses, according to New Scientist.

Canavero said, 'The monkey fully survived the procedure without any neurological injury of whatever kind.'

Canavero claims that researchers led by Xiaoping Ren at Harbin Medical University connected up the blood supply between the head and the new body.

They did not attempt to connect the spinal cord, and the monkey died 22 hours later - but Canavero says that the experiment shows that if a monkey's head is cooled to -15 °C it can survive the operation without brain injury.

[refermech]

If you put a monkey head on a democrat would it make a difference?

[Red Badger]

The operation was a success, but the patient died?...............

[umgud]

WOW

[ColdOne]

It would make them smarter?

[Red Badger]

Could you even tell the difference?..........

[dfwgator]

But could he create a four-assed Monkey?

[Cboldt]

Already been done, twice. I saw the movies. A guy with a fly head sure looks weird.

[freedumb2003]

>>If you put a monkey head on a democrat would it make a difference?<<

It would become smarter.

To make an even exchange you have to transplant the head with the monkey’s behind.

[dp0622]

russians already did this. it was horrfic.

attaching the spinal cord is the impossible part, for quite the distant future.

this guy’s insane

[dangus]

>> ‘The monkey fully survived the procedure without any neurological injury of whatever kind.’... They did not attempt to connect the spinal cord, and the monkey died 22 hours later - <<

Seems kinda relevant...

[Bratch]

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

Science!

[Cboldt]

Technically, four cheek, but yeah. There is a photoshop of a three-cheek gal in a swimsuit.

[dfwgator]

[freedumb2003]

[PROCON]

...after a series of experiments on animals and human corpses, according to New Scientist.

Now that would be interesting to see.

[dangus]

One of the greatest so-bad-it's-fun movies ever. The secret to such a movie is that the director must be deluded that he is making the greatest work of art that the world has ever known. "If only the whole world could see and understand my work, everyone would love one another."

[Carnac the Magnificent]

The word is demonic.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

If you put a monkey head on a democrat would it make a difference?

It would look nicer.