How such a story came to be circulated on the internet and pieced together is a huge mystery. The world’s first head transplant as much as it would have been a mammoth step in science is virtually impossible at this moment. It is a cleverly masterminded and well-constructed news hoax. However what isn’t a hoax is the first man who has volunteered for the first ever head transplant which may take place this year 2017.
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Russian Valerie Spiridonov 30 who suffers from a rare genetic muscle disorder called Werdnig Hoffman syndrome or type 1 spinal muscular atrophy is part of the Heaven Gemini project launched in 2013 by Doctor Sergio Canavero of the Turin Advanced Neuro Modulation Group which hopes top perform a head transplant on Spirinov. However several medical scientists have called doctor Canavero nuts and compared him to the fictional character Dr. Frankenstein. Dr. Hunt Batjer, president-elect of the American Association for Neurological Surgeons, told CNN: 'I would not wish this on anyone. I would not allow anyone to do it to me as there are a lot of things worse than death”. This goes to show how false the story being circulated as a successful head transplant.
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