Surgeon transplants a second head onto a rat, wants to work on humans next

Scientists have transplanted the head of a rat onto the back of another, ahead of a controversial plan to carry out the world's first human head transplant later this year. 

In the experiment, scientists transplanted the head of the smaller rat onto the back of the larger rat, creating a two-headed animal.

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The animal lived an average of just 36 hours, according to the research paper that was published to CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics.

The paper was written by a team of Chinese researchers, together with Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero. The latter has, in recent years, gained a level of notoriety for his TED talks, and claims of plans to perform a human head transplant later this year.  Read more...

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