Topic: Don't lose your head! Full-body transplants will be possible within two years - page 4. (Read 3997 times)
March 02, 2015, 11:11:20 AM
Where I see greater potential, and this appears to be research in the right direction, is cybernetic bodies with organic brains as a means of life extension, or cloning a fresh body and implanting your brain into it. Both are rather futuristic, but the one prediction you can make with certainty regarding new technologies is that you can't accurately predict a timeline. The prerequisites for an assembler already exist, based on the Drexler's "the Engines of Creation", but so far nobody has done it. Unless in secret..
March 01, 2015, 10:54:57 AM
But brains degenerate over time. What use is having your head on a young body if you hardly know your ass from your elbow ? So to speak.
This is for now. I'm sure a cure will be discovered soon in our lifetime.
March 01, 2015, 10:46:45 AM
But brains degenerate over time. What use is having your head on a young body if you hardly know your ass from your elbow ? So to speak.
March 01, 2015, 08:23:06 AM
This might promote organ or body kidnapping. But I doubt this will ever be a reality. Why would you want to lose your body for someone elses.
March 01, 2015, 05:21:25 AM
It has been tried several thousands of times only a straight cut is not the answer.
People have been experimenting with this for several ages, with more or less succes.
Yes even on humans in the wars
People have been experimenting with this for several ages, with more or less succes.
Yes even on humans in the wars
The doctor says about sharp cut, as you seem to have failed to notice. And he explains precisely what is meant by this, i.e. "a nanoknife made of a thin layer of silicon nitride with a nanometer sharp cutting edge". Nanometer sharp cutting edge means that the cutting edge thickness is just a few atoms/molecules (if not a single molecule of silicon nitride).
There's plenty of room at the bottom.
March 01, 2015, 05:15:39 AM
This is interesting. How do they join two spinal cords?
good question. we can't repair spinal cord damage yet but in two years they claim to fully transplant a head and reconnect all those nerves? i think not. also.. where do you get a donor body.?
The doctor in his article (which is included in PubMed, not in the OP) says that if the spinal cord is severed by a sharp cut, then the chances are pretty good for recovering at least partial motility.
Below is the relevant part from that paper:
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The key to SCF is a sharp severance of the cords themselves, with its attendant minimal damage to both the axons in the white matter and the neurons in the gray laminae. This is a key point: A typical force generated by creating a sharp transection is less than 10 N versus approximately 26000 N experienced during spinal cord injury
A specially fashioned diamond microtomic snare-blade is one option (unpublished); a nanoknife made of a thin layer of silicon nitride with a nanometer sharp cutting edge is another alternative. Notably, the mechanical strength of silicon is superior to that of steel
A specially fashioned diamond microtomic snare-blade is one option (unpublished); a nanoknife made of a thin layer of silicon nitride with a nanometer sharp cutting edge is another alternative. Notably, the mechanical strength of silicon is superior to that of steel
He also notes that other studies have revealed that rats whose spinal cords were sharply transected recovered ambulation (ability to move).
the rat's spine was cut sharply and rejoined in the same section. same rat, same spine.
so then you say the key to spinal cord repair is 2 sharp cuts above and below the injury then a joining of the sections? why hasn't this been tried before?
I'm absolutely sure that this has already been tried many times (with mixed success). After an injury, the patient isn't usually operated right on the spot (I mean spinal cord surgeries), and with every hour passed his chances for successful recovery are diminishing. Besides that, I think the majority of spinal cord injuries are not cut-throughs but fractures and tears, under which a larger section of the cord is damaged.
March 01, 2015, 02:40:11 AM
It has been tried several thousands of times only a straight cut is not the answer.
People have been experimenting with this for several ages, with more or less succes.
Yes even on humans in the wars
People have been experimenting with this for several ages, with more or less succes.
Yes even on humans in the wars
March 01, 2015, 02:37:37 AM
This is interesting. How do they join two spinal cords?
good question. we can't repair spinal cord damage yet but in two years they claim to fully transplant a head and reconnect all those nerves? i think not. also.. where do you get a donor body.?
The doctor in his article (which is included in PubMed, not in the OP) says that if the spinal cord is severed by a sharp cut, then the chances are pretty good for recovering at least partial motility.
Below is the relevant part from that paper:
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The key to SCF is a sharp severance of the cords themselves, with its attendant minimal damage to both the axons in the white matter and the neurons in the gray laminae. This is a key point: A typical force generated by creating a sharp transection is less than 10 N versus approximately 26000 N experienced during spinal cord injury
A specially fashioned diamond microtomic snare-blade is one option (unpublished); a nanoknife made of a thin layer of silicon nitride with a nanometer sharp cutting edge is another alternative. Notably, the mechanical strength of silicon is superior to that of steel
A specially fashioned diamond microtomic snare-blade is one option (unpublished); a nanoknife made of a thin layer of silicon nitride with a nanometer sharp cutting edge is another alternative. Notably, the mechanical strength of silicon is superior to that of steel
He also notes that other studies have revealed that rats whose spinal cords were sharply transected recovered ambulation (ability to move).
the rat's spine was cut sharply and rejoined in the same section. same rat, same spine.
so then you say the key to spinal cord repair is 2 sharp cuts above and below the injury then a joining of the sections? why hasn't this been tried before?
February 28, 2015, 10:31:57 AM
This is interesting. How do they join two spinal cords?
good question. we can't repair spinal cord damage yet but in two years they claim to fully transplant a head and reconnect all those nerves? i think not. also.. where do you get a donor body.?
If they didn't try it, it means they are missing something. A donor body could be someone who had a fatal brain problem of some sort.
There are a lot of car accident victims who have their heads terribly and lethally damaged but bodies mostly intact. They (the doctor and company) are missing public and authorities approval obviously.
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If society doesn't want it, I won't do it. But if people don't want it in the US or Europe, that doesn't mean it won't be done somewhere else. I'm trying to go about this the right way, but before going to the moon, you want to make sure people will follow you
Why won't you guys finally go and read the article?
February 28, 2015, 10:27:24 AM
This is interesting. How do they join two spinal cords?
good question. we can't repair spinal cord damage yet but in two years they claim to fully transplant a head and reconnect all those nerves? i think not. also.. where do you get a donor body.?
If they didn't try it, it means they are missing something. A donor body could be someone who had a fatal brain problem of some sort.
February 28, 2015, 07:51:32 AM
This is interesting. How do they join two spinal cords?
good question. we can't repair spinal cord damage yet but in two years they claim to fully transplant a head and reconnect all those nerves? i think not. also.. where do you get a donor body.?
The doctor in his article (which is included in PubMed, not in the OP) says that if the spinal cord is severed by a sharp cut, then the chances are pretty good for recovering at least partial motility.
Below is the relevant part from that paper:
Quote
The key to SCF is a sharp severance of the cords themselves, with its attendant minimal damage to both the axons in the white matter and the neurons in the gray laminae. This is a key point: A typical force generated by creating a sharp transection is less than 10 N versus approximately 26000 N experienced during spinal cord injury
A specially fashioned diamond microtomic snare-blade is one option (unpublished); a nanoknife made of a thin layer of silicon nitride with a nanometer sharp cutting edge is another alternative. Notably, the mechanical strength of silicon is superior to that of steel
A specially fashioned diamond microtomic snare-blade is one option (unpublished); a nanoknife made of a thin layer of silicon nitride with a nanometer sharp cutting edge is another alternative. Notably, the mechanical strength of silicon is superior to that of steel
He also notes that other studies have revealed that rats whose spinal cords were sharply transected recovered ambulation (ability to move).
February 28, 2015, 01:42:09 AM
So... hold off on exercising for a few more years and just get a fit body transplant? 
February 28, 2015, 01:04:29 AM
This is interesting. How do they join two spinal cords?
good question. we can't repair spinal cord damage yet but in two years they claim to fully transplant a head and reconnect all those nerves? i think not. also.. where do you get a donor body.?
February 28, 2015, 12:20:45 AM
They better hurry. D.R. is about a century old. He´s got to be about to kick the bucket
It would be weird seeing an old looking head on a 20 year old body lol.
I think this will be possible but two years is too little time. But if they know where to connect everything then maybe human heads on full robot bodies is also possible! xD
Don´t know about David, but your average 100 year old brain most likely doesn´t have a lot of meaningful functionality left.
February 27, 2015, 11:49:58 PM
They better hurry. D.R. is about a century old. He´s got to be about to kick the bucket
It would be weird seeing an old looking head on a 20 year old body lol.
I think this will be possible but two years is too little time. But if they know where to connect everything then maybe human heads on full robot bodies is also possible! xD
February 27, 2015, 07:46:24 PM
Yeah, David will probably last for a few years more. He fills the century next June 12th.
February 27, 2015, 07:39:18 PM
They better hurry. D.R. is about a century old. He´s got to be about to kick the bucket
I keep an eye on him for a few years already. He is still kicking and overground. Let's not forget about Hugh Hefner as well.
February 27, 2015, 07:37:08 PM
They better hurry. D.R. is about a century old. He´s got to be about to kick the bucket
February 27, 2015, 07:27:46 PM
Ohhhhhhh
if this true
i am not be suicide my situation
if this true
i am not be suicide my situation
February 27, 2015, 07:17:37 PM
Can someone or something bump this 2 years later?
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