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A 30-year-old computer scientist from Russia is willing to be the guinea pig for a world’s first head transplant operation.

Valery Spiridonov, an amputee with a rare genetic, degenerative muscular disease called Werdning Hoffman is willing to put his life on the line for science. He has this to say when asked if he was scared:

“Am I afraid? Yes, of course I am, but it is not just very scary but also very interesting… you have to understand that I don’t really have many choices. I am now 30 years old, although people rarely live to more than 20 with this disease.”

Spiridnov is not worried that Dr Sergio Canavero who is going to perform the operation is being called “nuts” in the medical community.

Dr Sergio Canavero who wants to perform the world first head transplant said that in this day and age, we can totally pull off a head transplant, we understand that might seem like a lucrative option to someone with a broken body.

The operation is going to gulp more than 10 million dollars and the donor is expected to be a brain dead patient.

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  1. Don Lucassi

    April 11, 2015 at 8:40 am

    The wonders of science…If this is pulled off, the implications and applications are endless especially with the military. 10 million dollars though, its putting your money where your mouth is

    • Oc

      April 11, 2015 at 12:02 pm

      Brave head donor. This will be an astonishing breakthrough. Watching with curiosity !!!

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