RE: Has the World's First Human Head Transplant been Performed?... The chances of Sucess!
Hello @greenrun,
Thank you for reading!
I totally agree with you on the points you've made.I also support anything that can improve the standard of living for people who are disabled.
Even though there is a bit of resistance in the ethical part, i don't think that is the main concern of the opposing scientists.
The Dr's who want to perform the surgery in December have just not proven reasonably that the procedure will work. Their procedure hasn't even worked on animals (as all the experimented animals eventually die). If they are not able to get it to work properly on animals, there's no way they'll be successful on a human.
The procedure cost about $13million,This is why a lot of scientists(including me) feel he should focus on getting a proven method of reconnecting spinal cord (as this has never been done before).
After all, if he isn't able to connect a severed spinal cord, the procedure cannot be considered a success.
He has scheduled the first procedure to happen next month. We'll all see the outcome of the procedure.
I think it might be possible to have a successful head transplant, once a solution is conferred to spinal cord reconnection.
Thanks again for reading!
If they haven't done their homework, then they should postpone the operation till all the research is done. It'd be amazing to see them reconnect a broken spinal cord. Then those who have theirs broken during accident stand a chance of walking again.
Yes dear, definitely!
Am really so interested in this procedure.
It'll indeed be the greatest milestone ever crossed in medicine, if it works.
Steem on!
Oh yeah. Thanks.