ConnorGiles
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I saw this on the news yesterday and thought it worthy of a thread.
Firstly I cannot express how bad of an idea this operation is. (In terms of the person's safety)
I mean we do not even know how to restore and mend nerve endings in the spinal cord in people with spinal injuries.
But severing the spine completely and attaching it to another just seems psychotic in thinking that it would work. (Although a long time a go, Heart transplants were viewed the same).
Not to mention the Immune system rejecting the new head! Immuno-suppressants would have to be a daily thing (maybe even hourly) and even then, illness would be common in the patient due to lack of his immune system, AND THAT'S IF IT WORKED.
In the 1970's the same operation was performed on a monkey. (Yes I know we have come far since then) But the monkey was kept alive via a machine for 9 days. after the 9th day the monkeys immune system rejected the head and it sadly died.
And the most important point - You are decapitating a human , Dr.Sergio Canavero proclaims that spinal injury has nothing to do with severing the spinal cord (Although we all know severing the spinal cord makes the host paraplegic) apparently he claims that the spinal injury is caused via the force created by the injury. 26000 newtons of force is caused in spinal cord injury (he claims) and is incurable. Whereas the blade used to decapitate this human being will create just 10 newtons of force.
Didn't the SS try things like this on the Jews during the holocaust?
You guys have any opinions on this?
(On the other hand if it does work, I'm sure this procedure will definitely open up opportunities and ideas towards other medical breakthroughs!)
Firstly I cannot express how bad of an idea this operation is. (In terms of the person's safety)
I mean we do not even know how to restore and mend nerve endings in the spinal cord in people with spinal injuries.
But severing the spine completely and attaching it to another just seems psychotic in thinking that it would work. (Although a long time a go, Heart transplants were viewed the same).
Not to mention the Immune system rejecting the new head! Immuno-suppressants would have to be a daily thing (maybe even hourly) and even then, illness would be common in the patient due to lack of his immune system, AND THAT'S IF IT WORKED.
In the 1970's the same operation was performed on a monkey. (Yes I know we have come far since then) But the monkey was kept alive via a machine for 9 days. after the 9th day the monkeys immune system rejected the head and it sadly died.
And the most important point - You are decapitating a human , Dr.Sergio Canavero proclaims that spinal injury has nothing to do with severing the spinal cord (Although we all know severing the spinal cord makes the host paraplegic) apparently he claims that the spinal injury is caused via the force created by the injury. 26000 newtons of force is caused in spinal cord injury (he claims) and is incurable. Whereas the blade used to decapitate this human being will create just 10 newtons of force.
Didn't the SS try things like this on the Jews during the holocaust?
You guys have any opinions on this?
(On the other hand if it does work, I'm sure this procedure will definitely open up opportunities and ideas towards other medical breakthroughs!)