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Nov 22, 2022 · Some scientists agree the ideal recipient of a new human head should be a young and terminally ill person with no brain damage.
Nov 17, 2017 · Canavero announced at a press conference in Vienna on Friday that a surgical team led by his collaborator in China, Xiaoping Ren, had “successfully” transferred a head from one human cadaver to...
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Nov 12, 2024 · Sergio Canavero is on a mission to perform the first human head transplant, but there have been more than a few legal, ethical, and surgical barriers in his way.
Nov 13, 2023 · The recipient’s head is separated, exsanguinated, and flushed with iced Ringer’s lactate to prevent coagulation complications. The head is then attached to the donor’s body, and the spinal cords are fused using a specialized glue (chitosan-PEG) and PEG infusion. Sutures secure the connection.
Recipient and donor are intubated, tracheotomized, ventilated and stabilized into rigid fixation. ECG, EEG, monitoring of oxygen saturation, body temperature and hemodynamic monitoring are set. Burst suppression pattern is achieved in the recipient with the use of barbiturate or propofol.
Jun 27, 2024 · A head transplant is the theoretical transplant of a recipient's head to a donor body when brain function is intact but body functions are failing. Learn whether it's possible.
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Oct 15, 2015 · Dr. Canavero (pictured) says the aim of human head transplantation is to cure untreatable neurological and muscle-wasting disorders that cause paralysis. The procedure – named HEAVEN-GEMINI ...