Suprice huh? This Russian guy, Valery Spiridonov, a computer scientist, who is suffering from a rare genetic muscle wasting disease known as Werdnig-Hoffman disease has volunteered to undergo the world's first head transplant.
The Werdnig-Hoffman disease is a rare and fatal genetic muscle wasting disease that leaves its sufferers seriously disabled
Basically, Valery's head would be given a new body, and it has been learnt that, the donor is a man that is currently brain dead, but healthy...
A brief description of how the procedure would go;
Both donor
and patient would have their head severed from their spinal cord at the
same time, using an ultra-sharp blade to give a clean cut.
The
patient's head would then be placed onto the donor's body and attached
using what Canavero calls his 'magic ingredient' - a glue-like substance
called polyethylene glycol - to fuse the two ends of the spinal cord
together.
The
muscles and blood supply would be stitched up, before the patient is
put into a coma for four weeks to stop them from moving while the head
and body heal together.
When
they wake the patient should be able to move, feel their face and even
speak with the same voice. Powerful immunosuppressant drugs should stop
the new body from being rejected..... Gaddemit !!!!
The Doctor that would be performing this out-of-this-world procedure is Controversial
Italian Surgeon - Dr Sergio Canavero.... Canavero claims that all the
necessary techniques already exist to transplant a head onto a donor
body, despite widespread skepticism.... WOW !!!
One thing is for sure, if this procedure works, be rest assured that a
lot of problems like disability, total paralysis would be a thing of the
past.... A lot of people would have a second chance to life... and this
is what science should be about, not booty and breasts
enlargement...huhuuhuh....
I dey fear ooooooo
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