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In 2013, surgeon Sergio Canavero surprised the medical field by stating his ambition was to perform a human head transplant. This was seen as something near impossible at the time. A head transplant ...

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As bizarre as the idea of a full human head transplant sounds, Canavero, of the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group, has said he is ready to proceed with the operation reminiscent of the horror story ...

In 2015, Dr. Sergio Canavero announced plans to perform the world’s first human head transplant on Valery Spiridonov, a paralyzed Russian man. Years later, what actually happened to this shocking ...

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Researchers have transplanted healthy mitochondria into brain cells and animal models of neurodegeneration, reporting improved energy output, reduced cell death, and temporary recovery of motor ...

Replacing mutant microglia with healthy donor-derived microglia has emerged as a promising treatment for adult-onset leukoencephalopathy with axonal spheroids and pigmented glia (ALSP). In a small ...

Our brain is where everything we feel, know, remember, and have experienced lies. So when Sergio Canavero of the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group in Italy proposed that a head transplant might be ...