BBC Northern Ireland News Item

[Anonymous]

Thought some of you might be intrigued by this headline which appeared on the BBC NI News Mobile version today.   I will leave it to those who are interested to find out what it is all about.  Suffice to say we have not (yet) perfected "head replacement surgery" in Norn Ireland,   

[jonsie]

I wonder who does the proof reading 

[Anonymous]

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@jonsie wrote:

I wonder who does the proof reading 

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I think proof reading is a thing of the past!!!

[perksie]

[Cleoriff]

A new one one on me @Anonymous I know medicine has moved on at a fast pace....but head transplants?...

[MI5]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

....but head transplants?...

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I can think of a few that would benefit from it 

[Cleoriff]

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@MI5 wrote:

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@Cleoriff wrote:

....but head transplants?...

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I can think of a few that would benefit from it 

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True...I may need one pretty soon. Does it come with a new working brain though?

[jonsie]

You'll be able to preset what programmes you want loaded into it. ...

[jonsie]

Meeting Dr Frankenstein: Man comes face to face with neurosurgeon intending to perform his head transplant

To read the article in full go to: Meeting Dr Frankenstein: Man comes face to face with neurosurgeon intending to perform his head transplant

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/science/meeting-dr-frankenstein-man-comes-5877048

[Cleoriff]

I always support medical research as you know....but......there is one key phrase here

"The biggest challenge will be fusing the spinal cord, something that has never been achieved before."

It will never happen.......Even if the medical ethics committee gave the go ahead...

It's easy enough to cut a head off and put it on another body....but all the neuroscience required to get it working? ....It surely is a big hoax...