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RE: First Ever Human Head Transplant Planned For 2017
He predicts that there is a 90% chance that this operation will be successful.
That's not what I was reading last year - back then the story was that there was significantly greater than a 90% chance of failure. As I remember it, a big part of the story was that the patient knew that he almost certainly wouldn't survive it, but because his quality of life is so bad as-is, he thought it would be worth the risk. Anyway, maybe I misread it back then.
I also recall that the surgeon had claimed that he'd done this successfully with monkeys, but that his claims were unsubstantiated and there was some doubt in the medical community that he'd actually done it.
But it's a pretty fascinating story and I'm on pins and needles to hear how it goes!
According to what I read, he is 90% certain that it would work.
Yeah, he also claimed he had performed this on monkeys, mice and a dog which he claims were all successful. But at the end of the day what will matter is whether or not it will work for that brave Russian guy. End of 2017 can't come soon enough!