PHeto inaabangan ko ngayon December 2017
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Just months before the world's first head transplant was due to take place, reports are now suggesting the procedure will be delayed.
When lead doctor Sergio Canavero made his initial proposals in 2016, he said he planned to have the surgery completed before the end of 2017, and most likely in December.
Earlier this year, the proposed first patient for the surgery – Valery Spiridonov – pulled out, saying he would no longer be taking part in the experiment after Dr. Canavero admitted he couldn't promise the surgery would help Spiridonov walk again. Spiridonov has Werdnig-Hoffmann Disease, a genetic disease that breaks down muscles and kills nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.
Instead, Dr Canavero said he would be looking for a Chinese volunteer in April, after signing up Chinese surgeon Dr. Xiaoping Ren of Harbin Medical University to help him carry out the procedure, and this is said to have delayed things. The surgery is now not expected to take place until early 2018. These reports have not been confirmed, though, and Alphr has contacted Dr. Canavero's press team for clarification.
But just how feasible is a human head transplant? Is it the stuff of science fiction, or does it have a basis in current scientific thinking? Read on for everything you need to know about this most alarming scientific development.
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pero may pagbabago....
Just months before the world's first head transplant was due to take place, reports are now suggesting the procedure will be delayed.
When lead doctor Sergio Canavero made his initial proposals in 2016, he said he planned to have the surgery completed before the end of 2017, and most likely in December.
Earlier this year, the proposed first patient for the surgery – Valery Spiridonov – pulled out, saying he would no longer be taking part in the experiment after Dr. Canavero admitted he couldn't promise the surgery would help Spiridonov walk again. Spiridonov has Werdnig-Hoffmann Disease, a genetic disease that breaks down muscles and kills nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.
Instead, Dr Canavero said he would be looking for a Chinese volunteer in April, after signing up Chinese surgeon Dr. Xiaoping Ren of Harbin Medical University to help him carry out the procedure, and this is said to have delayed things. The surgery is now not expected to take place until early 2018. These reports have not been confirmed, though, and Alphr has contacted Dr. Canavero's press team for clarification.
But just how feasible is a human head transplant? Is it the stuff of science fiction, or does it have a basis in current scientific thinking? Read on for everything you need to know about this most alarming scientific development.
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