[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

The whole head, not taking the brain out

I can't see how it would be too different? Granted I am not a scientist or anything but I would imagine the main issues with a brain transplant will be getting nerves and such to reattach to the correct places to make it work properly...there will still be this issue with a head transplant :S

[bots]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

I can't see how it would be too different? Granted I am not a scientist or anything but I would imagine the main issues with a brain transplant will be getting nerves and such to reattach to the correct places to make it work properly...there will still be this issue with a head transplant :S

well, the head is just a bit of covering at its most basic. People have had metal plates put in their heads for decades, i'm also pretty sure we have had a face transplant? Anyway, if you strip it down to constituent parts, considering it as a form of covering only, it may be possible, but my feelings are that its a bit further off than a year yet.

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

well, the head is just a bit of covering at its most basic. People have had metal plates put in their heads for decades, i'm also pretty sure we have had a face transplant? Anyway, if you strip it down to constituent parts, considering it as a form of covering only, it may be possible, but my feelings are that its a bit further off than a year yet.

But this is head and brain?

[bots]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

But this is head and brain?

no, i think its just head .... head and brain would involve disconnection from the spinal chord, which is really an extension of the brain in the first place... Brain transplants are in the realms of fiction at the moment.

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

no, i think its just head .... head and brain would involve disconnection from the spinal chord, which is really an extension of the brain in the first place... Brain transplants are in the realms of fiction at the moment.

It says this in the article

Would be no point a disabled guy offering himself up on the chance it may work and improve his quality of life if it was just the head. As putting his head on an able body would not be him, but his brain would be :S

[bots]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

It says this in the article

Would be no point a disabled guy offering himself up on the chance it may work and improve his quality of life if it was just the head. As putting his head on an able body would not be him, but his brain would be :S

ok, well, he may have made incredible steps forward in discovery and technique, in which case all credit to him, but call me a sceptic