A photo from open sources PHOTO: Shot from the film “Testament Professor Dowell “Neurosurgeon from Italy Sergio Canavero, who promised that soon the transplantation of human heads will become commonplace, told how he was going to carry out such complex operations. As QZ.com notes, he cites his work that relies heavily on transplant experiments body parts of animals carried out since the 1970s. Canavero noticed that the main problem that scientists faced was was that they were unable to attach the spinal cord to to the donor body. In the area below the transplanted part, paralysis began. But now, as the doctor assured, medicine is strong moved forward. For normal operation, it is necessary fulfill several conditions: both patients must be in the same operating room, the head must be cooled to +12 … + 15 ° C, cool you need a donor body, and the heart must be stopped. Moreover, doctors will be very limited in time: for such a difficult the operation is given only an hour. Canavero suggests making incisions a very thin knife and then just carry out a mechanical connection of the head and body. The most important thing, he said, is the cut should be clear. Then axons from the spinal cord of the donor (long processes of nerve cells) and those that are in the head can mix, and cell membranes will recover. This will run in body regeneration mechanisms. As Canavero noted, it can help here polyethylene glycol – it is used to treat damage spinal cord and restoration of neural connections in dogs.
Dmitry Nekhoroshev
Time
