tonyh29 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 (edited) Head transplants available by 2017 according to some Italian surgeon .... Life imitating Futurama before we know it !! The first human head transplant could take place in just two years, according to a radical proposal by an Italian surgeon. Sergio Canavero, from the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group, wants the surgery to be used to help extend the lives of people who have suffered degeneration of the muscles and nerves or those who have advanced cancer. The surgeon plans to announce the project at the American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons (AANOS) conference in Annapolis, Maryland, in June, the New Scientist reported. Mr Canavero published a paper on the technique he would use in the Surgical Neurology International journal this month. The recipient's head and the donor body would be cooled at the start of the procedure to extend the time that cells can survive without oxygen. Tissue around the neck would be dissected and major blood vessels would be joined using tiny tubes. The spinal cords would then be cut and the recipient's head moved on to the donor body. The ends of the spinal cord would be fused together using a chemical called polyethylene glycol, which encourages fat within cell membranes to mesh. After this, the person would be put into a coma for around four weeks to prevent them moving while they heal. http://news.sky.com/story/1434435/first-human-head-transplant-could-happen-in-2017 Edited February 26, 2015 by tonyh29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 26, 2015 Author VT Supporter Share Posted February 26, 2015 What the actual **** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Got a 2:2 because of weed. Lots and lots of weed. Did you read agriculture and farm management? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 I got a Douglas. Hurd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eames Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Considering the company say 'a minimum of a 2.1' on their website This would be such an amazing opportunity to work (ok I already work for them but not in a graduate role) for a huge multinational company and I'm terrified some snotty 21 year old with zero life experience and a 2.1 from London Metropolitan (lowest ranked - no offence to anyone here who went)(sorry donnie) would get in ahead of me. My other option is to make sure I solve every problem for the recruitment people within the company whenever they call me. ^ cheers Chris. Yeah I'll probably apply once i've done a year in Poland on the service desk. Aim for a promotion quickly (6 months minimum but if I keep up my level of performance , I'm fast tracked) and they can't say no to me. The plan should be to make myself unrejectable. I don't think I've ever rejected a candidate I've been recruiting on the basis that they didn't meet the minimum qualifications. Tbh I only really look at qualifications once I'm running out of ideas as to why I don't want someone. Life/work experience is so much more valuable. The only thing I'd say about graduate schemes is that they tend to be ridiculously competitive and companies (in my experience) want the fresh faced new qualified types to mould in their own image. My experience of having baby sat "graduate trainees" is that they tend to be cocky little self opinionated sycophantic rwankers. You should fit right in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eames Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Head transplants available by 2017 according to some Italian surgeon .... Life imitating Futurama before we know it !! The first human head transplant could take place in just two years, according to a radical proposal by an Italian surgeon. Sergio Canavero, from the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group, wants the surgery to be used to help extend the lives of people who have suffered degeneration of the muscles and nerves or those who have advanced cancer. The surgeon plans to announce the project at the American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons (AANOS) conference in Annapolis, Maryland, in June, the New Scientist reported. Mr Canavero published a paper on the technique he would use in the Surgical Neurology International journal this month. The recipient's head and the donor body would be cooled at the start of the procedure to extend the time that cells can survive without oxygen. Tissue around the neck would be dissected and major blood vessels would be joined using tiny tubes. The spinal cords would then be cut and the recipient's head moved on to the donor body. The ends of the spinal cord would be fused together using a chemical called polyethylene glycol, which encourages fat within cell membranes to mesh. After this, the person would be put into a coma for around four weeks to prevent them moving while they heal. http://news.sky.com/story/1434435/first-human-head-transplant-could-happen-in-2017 I'm struggling to see the merits of such a proceedure tbh. New organs/spare parts are fine. You change the engine/innards of a car when you need to. What you don't do is hack the front end off, replace it with a totally different one and call it the same car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Head transplants available by 2017 according to some Italian surgeon .... Life imitating Futurama before we know it !!...I'm struggling to see the merits of such a proceedure tbh.Will people get to swap bodies? (Interestingly, the Grauniad's report on the same story came from a different angle and had it down as a body transplant rather than a head one - as per the Sky article)If they change the laws on tissue donation would a poor person with the body of an Adonis be able to sell it to some rich middle aged tubster?New organs/spare parts are fine. You change the engine/innards of a car when you need to. What you don't do is hack the front end off, replace it with a totally different one and call it the same car.Hmm. Theseus' paradox type stuff, innit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eames Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Head transplants available by 2017 according to some Italian surgeon .... Life imitating Futurama before we know it !! ... I'm struggling to see the merits of such a proceedure tbh. Will people get to swap bodies? (Interestingly, the Grauniad's report on the same story came from a different angle and had it down as a body transplant rather than a head one - as per the Sky article) If they change the laws on tissue donation would a poor person with the body of an Adonis be able to sell it to some rich middle aged tubster? New organs/spare parts are fine. You change the engine/innards of a car when you need to. What you don't do is hack the front end off, replace it with a totally different one and call it the same car. Hmm. Theseus' paradox type stuff, innit? It says a great deal about our differing cultural reference points - you went to "Theseus' Ship"....I click the link and immediately thought "Trigger's Broom" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 (edited) It says a great deal about our differing cultural reference points - you went to "Theseus' Ship"....I click the link and immediately thought "Trigger's Broom" Ha ha. No, I'm with you on your reference, too. Edited February 26, 2015 by snowychap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 (edited) Considering the company say 'a minimum of a 2.1' on their website This would be such an amazing opportunity to work (ok I already work for them but not in a graduate role) for a huge multinational company and I'm terrified some snotty 21 year old with zero life experience and a 2.1 from London Metropolitan (lowest ranked - no offence to anyone here who went)(sorry donnie) would get in ahead of me. My other option is to make sure I solve every problem for the recruitment people within the company whenever they call me. ^ cheers Chris. Yeah I'll probably apply once i've done a year in Poland on the service desk. Aim for a promotion quickly (6 months minimum but if I keep up my level of performance , I'm fast tracked) and they can't say no to me. The plan should be to make myself unrejectable. I don't think I've ever rejected a candidate I've been recruiting on the basis that they didn't meet the minimum qualifications. Tbh I only really look at qualifications once I'm running out of ideas as to why I don't want someone. Life/work experience is so much more valuable. The only thing I'd say about graduate schemes is that they tend to be ridiculously competitive and companies (in my experience) want the fresh faced new qualified types to mould in their own image. My experience of having baby sat "graduate trainees" is that they tend to be cocky little self opinionated sycophantic rwankers. You should fit right in. Maybe I won't even have to go on a graduate scheme. We have internal opportunities here and I already have my foot in the door so it may be that I can just get a job within anyway. I know I could get a good reference from my manager. And cheers eames, you basterd Edited February 26, 2015 by StefanAVFC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 26, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted February 26, 2015 I got a Douglas. Hurd? Yep. AKA "a gentleman's degree". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Head transplants available by 2017 according to some Italian surgeon .... Life imitating Futurama before we know it !! The first human head transplant could take place in just two years, according to a radical proposal by an Italian surgeon. Sergio Canavero, from the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group, wants the surgery to be used to help extend the lives of people who have suffered degeneration of the muscles and nerves or those who have advanced cancer. The surgeon plans to announce the project at the American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons (AANOS) conference in Annapolis, Maryland, in June, the New Scientist reported. Mr Canavero published a paper on the technique he would use in the Surgical Neurology International journal this month. The recipient's head and the donor body would be cooled at the start of the procedure to extend the time that cells can survive without oxygen. Tissue around the neck would be dissected and major blood vessels would be joined using tiny tubes. The spinal cords would then be cut and the recipient's head moved on to the donor body. The ends of the spinal cord would be fused together using a chemical called polyethylene glycol, which encourages fat within cell membranes to mesh. After this, the person would be put into a coma for around four weeks to prevent them moving while they heal. http://news.sky.com/story/1434435/first-human-head-transplant-could-happen-in-2017 First thing I did was check to see if it was 1st April today. We're living in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted February 26, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted February 26, 2015 Arguably, it's not a head transplant, it's a body transplant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Would that mean you could live forever, just keep head-hopping for eternity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Could I get the head of a rhino? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troon_villan Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 The thought of that makes me feel physically sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 26, 2015 Author VT Supporter Share Posted February 26, 2015 Could I get the head of a rhino? No but you could get the body of a Rhino. Which would be way funnier for the rest of us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eames Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Could I get the head of a rhino? No but you could get the body of a Rhino. Which would be way funnier for the rest of us How would we know it had happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowychap Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 (edited) Could I get the head of a rhino? No but you could get the body of a Rhino. Which would be way funnier for the rest of us Would it make Wainy better at football, though? Edited February 26, 2015 by snowychap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 I wonder how much say you'd get in the type of body you're getting. I mean, I've put a lot of work in building up my big muscly muscles, so I'd want a body with really good muscles just like my big muscles... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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