Head Transplant?

[quatona]

Next thing in medicine are "head transplants".
Would you think of it as a "head transplant" or rather as a "body transplant"?

 

[bhsmte]

Next thing in medicine are "head transplants".
Would you think of it as a "head transplant" or rather as a "body transplant"?

More like a brain transplant.

 

[brinny]

Head Transplant?

Next thing in medicine are "head transplants".
Would you think of it as a "head transplant" or rather as a "body transplant"?

ROFLOLOLOL! Ohhhh hep meeeee, i cain't breeeeeeathe!!!

 

[Soyeong]

It could happen as soon as 2017:

http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/23/opinions/conversation-head-transplant/

 

[Desk trauma]

The thing that I wonder about this procedure is how it can it be justified given the scarcity of organs for transplant?

 

[brinny]

The thing that I wonder about this procedure is how it can it be justified given the scarcity of organs for transplant?

Seriously?

I dunno i'm thinkin' that peoples can be reeeeeally creative in problem solving if they are so inclined....

 

[Desk trauma]

Seriously?

Yes, seriously. Using an entire body for one transplant rather then a multiple separate ones means that other people miss out organs they need to survive.

I dunno i'm thinkin' that peoples can be reeeeeally creative in problem solving if they are so inclined....

So far that creativity has not solved the supply of organs available for transplant being far short of the demand.

 

[brinny]

Yes, seriously. Using an entire body for one transplant rather then a multiple separate ones means that other people miss out organs they need to survive.



So far that creativity has not solved the supply of organs available for transplant being far short of the demand.

There are surely some who are sooooo driven that they will find creative ways of solving this problem (we just might not hear about it in the mainstream media)

 

[Near]

It's more likely that the engineers of the newest advances in healthcare & biology, etc. will find a way to re-grow organs, limbs, and so on before they would really commit themselves to advancing the practice of "head" transplants.

 

[bhsmte]

It's more likely that the engineers of the newest advances in healthcare & biology, etc. will find a way to re-grow organs, limbs, and so on before they would really commit themselves to advancing the practice of "head" transplants.

I highly doubt that.

We will have the ability to reattach nerves and have them functional, before we can re-grow organs.

 

[Near]

I highly doubt that.

We will have the ability to reattach nerves and have them functional, before we can re-grow organs.

I'm aware of the abilities to reattach nerves and having them functional. That can be done with reattaching a finger.
It just seems taboo, a head transplant. For that reason, people, on an emotional level, probably would not go forth with such an operation, and legislation would probably be made against it.

BTW, http://www.bbc.com/news/health-28887087
We're already making advances in organ growing.

 

[Moral Orel]

We will have the ability to reattach nerves and have them functional, before we can re-grow organs.

I just recently watched a Tedtalk on the subject of growing organs. Here's a link. Pretty amazing stuff.

 

[quatona]

More like a brain transplant.

Still, intuitively I think of it as a body transplant.

 

[Ana the Ist]

Still, intuitively I think of it as a body transplant.

I can't intuitively think of it.

 

[quatona]

I can't intuitively think of it.

So how would you think of it, and what´s the result?

 

[Ana the Ist]

So how would you think of it, and what´s the result?

I'm just messing with you...

You've seen so many head transplants you intuitively think of them as body transplants.

I'd probably see the scar and just think him lucky.

 

[GrowingSmaller]

I am not sure. If I were in marketing Id say body transplant, because that seems like a more cautious option.

 

[quatona]

I'd probably see the scar and just think him lucky.

Whom?

 

[Ana the Ist]

Whom?

The guy with the head transplant.

 

[quatona]

The guy with the head transplant.

Personally, I´d think the guy with the body transplant lucky.