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Title: |
The Technology of Head Transplantation |
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| Edited by: |
Sergio Canavero |
| ISBN10-13: |
1536184586 : 9781536184587 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
230x155mm |
| Pages: |
178 |
| Weight: |
.320 Kg. |
| Published: |
Nova Science Publishers, Inc - October 2020 |
| List Price: |
84.99 Pounds Sterling |
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Temporarily Out of Stock, more expected soon
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| Subjects: |
Transplant surgery |
| In 1970 American neurosurgeon Robert White and his team carried out the first full head transplant in living monkeys. However, the resulting chimera was left tetraplegic and died a few days later. Fifty years on, the technology to perform a human cephalosomatic anastomosis is finally available. In this groundbreaking book, the pioneers of this new medical frontier bring together an international team of scientists to reveal for the first time the entire body of animal and human research and experimentation that made this breakthrough possible. Readers -- professionals, journalists, educated laypersons- will get unadulterated access to the published and unpublished body of evidence that has shocked the world since 2013. Only a deep appreciation of this technology can inform the ethical debate that has raged since 2013. Above all, the possibility of extending life raises profound dilemmas. This book brings clarity to the current debate and provides the instruments to make an informed decision on the most sensitive of subjects: overcoming death. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Dedication; Preface; Head Transplantation: Back to the Future; Spinal Cord Transection; Gemini: Anatomical Foundation; Gemini: Overview of Fusogens; Fusogens: The Engine of Recovery; Spinal Cord Fusion in Rodents and Dogs; Spinal Cord Fusion in Primates; Electrical Stimulation; Brain Protection during Cephalosomatic Anastomosis; Tolerogenesis: An Overview; Pre-, Intra- and Post-operative Procedures; Stairway to Heaven; Escape from Heaven?; Index. |
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