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Here's the only important sentence: Connection of a spinal cord from the head of one creature to the body of another has never been attempted even in animals,

by swamp40 13y ago

Here's the only important sentence: Connection of a spinal cord from the head of one creature to the body of another has never been attempted even in animals, so Canavero’s paper must be taken as an exercise in speculation.

dhughes 13y ago
Not quite ever it's been done with dogs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lICXAFFxWgk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lICXAFFxWgk edit: I guess that's part 1 of the procedure, there is another video of the transplant. There are pictures of it too https://www.google.com/search?q=russian+soviet+transplant+dogs+head&safe=off&qscrl=1&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=RdHRUZeNEvay4AOE6oGQCw&ved=0CE0QsAQ&biw=1280&bih=687 https://www.google.com/search?q=russian+soviet+transplant+do...