Italian Neurosurgeon to attempt first head transplant

[stankowalski]

Frankenstein will happen in our lifetime

I call dibs on Bill Gates' head when he dies.

[t96]

Pretty fascinating. Not the first time a head transplant has been attempted, but the first time on a human, if it actually ends up happening. Plans are for late 2017. I highly doubt the person would live for that long even if it's initially successful, and he wouldn't be able to control the body at all, but it's a fascinating experiment for sure.

Head transplant on dogs:

 

 

Donor and recipient both initially lived and seemed normal from a brain standpoint but died shortly after. 

 

I presume in this case they would be using a living person in a vegetative state as the recipient, but they didn't mention it in the video. Very curious to see what comes of this, if anything at all. Even if it's a failure, it will provide more information for future attempts, since it'd be the first time it's ever been attempted on a human. 

[Jangler]

Rosie Grier already did this.

[Lumps]

I love how this is OK but stem research isn't lol.

[Doyle]

This really creeps me out for some reason.

[Murph]

This really creeps me out for some reason.

​It should. This has mad scientist written all over it.

[Kevin Greene]

Frankenstein will happen in our lifetime

I call dibs on Bill Gates' head when he dies.

​Pffftft.

Bill Gates just got lucky buying some code from IBM.

Now he continues to rape the shyt out of the world for an operating system.

And plays God deciding who he'll give the public's hard earned dollars too.