2,310
online users
thotties       tv/movies       gaming       gear       tech       guap       rides       eats       health       bxwf       misc

Head tr@nsplant recipient will suffer fate ‘WORSE THAN DEATH’



more
ADVERTISEMENT
 
topics gone triple plat - Number 1 spot 3X PLAT



section  1   0 bx goons and 1 bystanders Share this on Twitter       Share this on Facebook
 

section wild 'ish
  

 6 years ago '09        #1
9756 page views
0 comments


messy marv stan  topics gone triple plat - Number 1 spot x106
avatar
Props total: 307478 307 K  Slaps total: 33477 33 K
Head tr@nsplant recipient will suffer fate ‘WORSE THAN DEATH’
 

 
image



 https://www.express.co.uk .. ffmann-disease


image



In April, 2015, Computer scientist Valery Spiridonov, who is wheelchair bound due to a muscle-wasting disease, Werdnig-Hoffmann disease, which will one day ki1l him, announced he would be the first volunteer to undergo a head tr@nsplant.

The procedure, which has been constantly been delayed as experts try to thrash out what exactly needs to be done to ensure the patient’s survival, will be handled by neurosurgeon Dr Sergio Canavero – who has been dubbed the real life Dr Frankenstein.

However, top medical officials are warning that the operation is bound to fail, and even if Mr Spiridonov does survive, he will not lead a happy life
emoji


Dr Hunt Batjer, president of the American Association for Neurological Surgeons, said: "I would not wish this on anyone

"I would not allow anyone to do it to me as there are a lot of things worse than death."

Not only would there be many issues with the body, such as paralysis due to the sheer difficulty of trying to connect a spinal cord, but there will be many psychological issues for the recipient.

Arthur Caplan, director of medical ethics at New York University’s Langone Medical Centre, told the Independent patients "would end up being overwhelmed with different pathways and chemistry than they are used to and they’d go crazy
emoji
Dr Canavero has previously claimed he is ready to perform the operation, insisting he has successfully severed and reconnected the spinal cord of nine mice


image



Dr Canavero and a team of Chinese doctors severed the spinal cords of 15 rats, and attempted to reattach nine of them, with the other six as test subjects.

The team used polyethylene glycol, which is found in medicines but also industrial processes, to fix the spinal cords, while attempting to minimise blood loss.

All of the rats, bar one, managed to survive for an astonishing 30 days after the experiment, according to a report in the journal CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics.

The rats apparently even managed to walk again and regain basic motor functionality, while the researchers said two of the rodents returned to a state of being “basically normal”

However, the team noted the spinal cord severance needs to be extremely clean for the procedure to work.

The report reads: “We show for the first time in an adequately powered study that the paralysis attendant to a complete tr@nsection of the spinal cord can be reversed.”



icon
best
icon
worst
0 comments

say something...

ADVERTISEMENT
Sign me up
 
 

yesterday...


most viewed right now
props+4110
Video inside This is Janet Jackson. She will be 58 this year 💋
69 comments
1 day ago
@hiphop
most viewed right now
props+338
Post A Moment That Finished An Artist Career
286 comments
1 day ago
@hiphop
most viewed right now
6
Birdman and slim pull up to a drake j cole concert
21 comments
23 hours ago
@hiphop
most viewed right now
props+526
Video inside Man builds backyard bar to get away from his wife..
77 comments
1 day ago
@wild'ish
back to top