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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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