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Re:First-ever human head transplant is now possible, says ne... by Dylan16807 on Monday July 01, 2013 @03:07PM (#5972883)
What problems? If it's Frank's head then after the operation you still have Frank.

Worry about identity when someone invents a partial brain transplant or something crazy like that.

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Re:First-ever human head transplant is now possible, says ne... by VladRussian2 on Monday July 01, 2013 @03:57PM (#5973185)
>If it's Frank's head then after the operation you still have Frank.

according to police database of fingerprints - not, according to DNA - depends of where it is sampled from and even after that - what would be a DNA say in saliva, blood?

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Re:First-ever human head transplant is now possible, says ne... by Dylan16807 on Monday July 01, 2013 @08:45PM (#5974893)
Can't you already screw up DNA testing with a marrow transplant? And fingerprints can change too.
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Re:First-ever human head transplant is now possible, says ne... by MarcParadise on Monday July 01, 2013 @03:18PM (#5972943)
That depends. If you're grafting Frank's head onto Mr Stein's body, you get...

Well. Moving right along.

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