Transplant my head!
The first candidate for a head transplant was a Russian programmer
The first patient who volunteered to undergo a head transplant operation was Valery Spiridonov, a thirty-year-old programmer from Vladimir suffering from spinal muscular atrophy. Spiridonov told the British Daily Mail about his plans (EXCLUSIVE: Revealed, the terminally ill man set to be first to undergo the world's first full HEAD transplant pioneered by doctor branded 'nuts').
Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero announced the preparation of a head transplant operation by 2017 at the end of February 2015 (in fact, no later than 2013), but this plan caused a critical reaction from scientists and doctors. The Canavero method is based on existing scientific achievements. A head transplant on the body of another monkey was carried out already in the 1970s: the monkey lived with a new head for nine days, but its immune system rejected foreign organs.
Spiridonov and Kanavero correspond via Skype, and the Italian doctor said that the priority in choosing patients for surgery will belong to those suffering from spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).
SMA is a genetically determined disease – because of it, muscle growth stops at an early age. 50 percent of children with SMA do not live to one year, but Spiridonov lived to thirty and was able to graduate from university. However, with your current body, the chances of reaching old age are almost zero.
Spiridonov contacted the professor two years ago after reading about his research on the Internet. All this time they discussed the risks and prospects of the operation by email. Spiridonov's family fully supports his decision, although they are aware of the great chance of the programmer's death after surgery.
The donors of the body, according to Spiridonov, can be those who have received incurable brain injuries or criminals sentenced to death.
The exact date of the operation has yet to be determined – until Canavero found funding and was unable to recruit a staff of 150 doctors and nurses needed for the transplant. The next step for Canavero will be a speech at the neurosurgical congress, which will be held in Annapolis (USA) in the summer of 2015 – the doctor also called Spiridonov there.
Portal "Eternal youth" http://vechnayamolodost.ru08.04.2015