Head Transplants: Science, or Science Fiction?
Valery Spiridonov of Russia wants a new body. His body’s muscles are wasting away from a rare disease called Werdnig-Hoffman disorder, which kills most people by age 20.
Dr. Sergio Canavero of Italy is expected to announce at the annual conference of the American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons (AANOS) in Annapolis, Md., in June that he’ll attempt to give him one.
Head transplant. Wow.
from Stowe Boyd http://stoweboyd.com/post/121377100207
