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.
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First human head transplant could be possible by 2017, surgeon claims
The animal lived an average of just 36 hours, according to the research paper that was published to
CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics.
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 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.
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