The Italian neurosurgeon ready to try the first head transplant

Oct 09, 2015 525

by Claudia Astarita

Doctor Sergio Canavero's wish is to do the operation in December 2017. The venue will be the Medical University in Harbin in China. The bold neurosurgeon – currently employed at the Molinette Hospital in Turin – has declared to be willing to use a revolutionary technique on the volunteer Valery Spiridonov.

The latter is a Russian programmer affected by the Werdning-Hoffman disease. This pathology is very serious, causing a progressive muscular atrophy blocking the heart and therefore leading to death. Spiridonov is quite enthusiastic about the operation and ready to spend 10 million Euros for a new life. 

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Fonte: This is Italy

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