I would say we have plenty of data to go on, Dr.Canavero told New Scientist.
Its important that people stop thinking this is impossible.
This is absolutely possible and were working towards it.
Dr.Canavero believes head transplantation is the only treatment that will work for paralysed patients.
Gene therapy has failed.
Stem cells, were still waiting.
Even if they come now, for these patients there is no hope.
Tetraplegia can only be cured with this.
Long term, the body decays, organs decay.
Dr.Canavero had stoked up quite a controversy inSeptember, 2014when he had announced his human head transplant programme.
There are many who believe that the operation would probably never happen.
But todays success with monkey shows that the maverick neurosurgeon may be right after all!
source: www.techworm.net
