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05-02-2017, 05:29 PM
Surgeon transplants a second head onto a rat, wants to work on humans next
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Scientists have transplanted the head of a rat onto the back of a**ther, ahead of a controversial plan to carry out the world's first human head transplant later this year.*
In the experiment, scientists transplanted the head of the smaller rat onto the back of the larger rat, creating a two-headed animal.
SEE ALSO: First human head transplant could be possible by 2017, surgeon claims (http://mashable.com/2015/02/26/head-transplant-by-2017-claim/?utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
The animal lived an average of just 36 hours, according to the research paper that was published to CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics. (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cns.12700/epdf?r3_referer=wol&tracking_action=preview_click&show_checkout=1&purchase_referrer=www.businessinsider.sg&purchase_site_license=LICENSE_DENIED_**_CUSTOMER)
The paper was written by a team of Chinese researchers, together with Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero. The latter has, in recent years, gained a level of **toriety (https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/oct/03/will-first-human-head-transplant-happen-in-2017) for his TED talks, and claims of plans to perform a human head transplant later this year. However, physicians worldwide doubt that a human head transplant is possible on such an advanced timeline. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/02/rat-head-transplant/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Scientists have transplanted the head of a rat onto the back of a**ther, ahead of a controversial plan to carry out the world's first human head transplant later this year.*
In the experiment, scientists transplanted the head of the smaller rat onto the back of the larger rat, creating a two-headed animal.
SEE ALSO: First human head transplant could be possible by 2017, surgeon claims (http://mashable.com/2015/02/26/head-transplant-by-2017-claim/?utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
The animal lived an average of just 36 hours, according to the research paper that was published to CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics. (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cns.12700/epdf?r3_referer=wol&tracking_action=preview_click&show_checkout=1&purchase_referrer=www.businessinsider.sg&purchase_site_license=LICENSE_DENIED_**_CUSTOMER)
The paper was written by a team of Chinese researchers, together with Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero. The latter has, in recent years, gained a level of **toriety (https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/oct/03/will-first-human-head-transplant-happen-in-2017) for his TED talks, and claims of plans to perform a human head transplant later this year. However, physicians worldwide doubt that a human head transplant is possible on such an advanced timeline. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/02/rat-head-transplant/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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