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A Head Transplant May No Longer Be Science Fiction

Advances in cell engineering are clearing the way for what one scientist believes may be the first successful human head transplant.
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Advances in cell engineering are clearing the way for what one scientist believes may be the first successful human head transplant. Dr. Sergio Canavero has created an outline for a crucial step that scientists haven’t been able to complete, a spinal cord fusion. 

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The image above depicts the first major advance in head transplants that was made in 1954 by the Russian organ transplant pioneer Vladimir Demikhov – a dog with two heads. 

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