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Human head transplants: are we close to making them a reality?

• http://www.independent.co,

The story of a patient's hand grafted on to a leg in China after an industrial accident to preserve it before being restored to his arm is just the latest success story to gain worldwide attention.

So when Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero first announced his intention to perform the first ever human "head transplant"by December 2017 – part of his "head anastomosis venture" or HEAVEN project – science fiction seemed to inch a little closer to science fact. Canavero's idea involves a 36-hour surgery during which the head of a patient suffering from a debilitating disease would be fused at the spinal cord to a brain dead donor with an otherwise healthy body.

Despite scientists and surgeons voicing some serious doubts that such a massive undertaking would be successful, Canavero is adamant that the technology now exists – by employing his novel GEMINI protocol, he argues, the likelihood of success is around 90%.


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