Succeeded in 'head transplantation' to transfer the rat's head to another rat's body, no damage to the brain
It was reported that a 'head transplant' was successful in joining a rat's head to another rat's body without losing blood and damaging the brain during surgery. The point is to keep the donor's head connected to the 'blood vessels of the third living rat' during surgery.
A cross-circulated bicephalic model of head transplantation. --PubMed --NCBI
Scientists Just Transplanted Small Rat Heads Onto Bigger Rats --Motherboard
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/scientists-just-transplanted-small-rat-heads-onto-bigger-rats
The experiment of 'transplanting an animal's head into another animal's body' is not new, and Dr. Vladimir Demikov, who paved the way for organ transplantation in 1950, created a 'double-headed dog' and in 1970. It is known that a monkey head transplant was performed. In the experiments at that time, it seems that both animals were able to move their two heads and eat food for a short period of time, but they could not live for a long time. And even now, experiments are being repeated with the aim of realizing a human head transplant.
This time, a Chinese research team succeeded in transplanting the head without losing blood and damaging the rat's brain. The research results are published on CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics.
In order to prevent brain damage due to blood loss, the method used by the researchers is to prepare another rat in addition to the donor and recipient. The blood vessels of the donor rat whose head was amputated were joined to the blood vessels of the third living rat, and the head was transplanted to the recipient while maintaining blood circulation. After the transplant is complete, the blood vessels in the donor's head and the blood vessels in the recipient are joined. As a result, the rat brain continued to operate normally during the procedure without damaging the brain due to blood loss.
In addition to the above, projects aimed at human head transplantation are also being carried out, and from the following articles about the history of head transplantation and the project 'HEAVEN' that is said to be 'even eternal life is not a dream' It is possible to read.
What are the projects 'HEAVEN' and 'GEMINI' that cut the human head and transplant it to the body of another person? --GIGAZINE
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