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Re:Terminally Ill Man Willing to Have World's First Full Hea... by sridca on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @03:16AM (#9379346)
This comment summarizes my opinion on this subject: "The doctor can easily prove his technique works by transplanting the heads of two rats, preferably a white and brown one. If they survive and could walk around, not only will he get all the funding he wants, but the Nobel Prize in Medicine."
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Re:Terminally Ill Man Willing to Have World's First Full Hea... by Simp on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @04:07AM (#9379494)
Seems like it has already been done:

In 2002, other head transplants were also conducted in Japan in rats. Unlike the head transplants performed by Dr. White, however, these head transplants involved grafting one rat's head onto the body of another rat that kept its head. Thus, the rat ended up with two heads.[10]

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Re:Terminally Ill Man Willing to Have World's First Full Hea... by dimitar on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @04:22AM (#9379536)
This has been done over 100 years ago with dogs.
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Re:Terminally Ill Man Willing to Have World's First Full Hea... by toxicFork on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @04:24AM (#9379544)
I consider that to be even better! Did the other rat's head have any way to control anything in the body, or was it more like a guest?
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Re:Terminally Ill Man Willing to Have World's First Full Hea... by bjwbell on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @05:22AM (#9379775)
I'm guessing it's more like it died after a short period of time.

If you look at the history of head transplants (yes a gruesome area), they ALL end badly for the subject.

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Re:Terminally Ill Man Willing to Have World's First Full Hea... by raverbashing on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @03:32AM (#9379387)
Well, I'd think rats pose different problems, but the essence is right.

I believe heart transplants were first attempted on sheep (wikipedia failed me on this one)

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