Ask him yourself,” Canavero replied.
Today I'm here to give us all a vision,” Canavero said.
Doctor Canavero has not given any substantial proof of the success of this test.
Dr Sergio Canavero is hoping to become the first person
to perform a head transplant with the help of robotics.
Said Canavero,“This experiment is an important piece of our
puzzle because now we know for sure that it is possible for a spinal cord to grow back together.”.
Promising high pay and backing from“American billionaires”, Canavero told the assembly:“I came to you;
I gladly accepted this invite to humbly come before you to make a case that this is possible.”.
Beyond Dr. Canavero, arguably the world leader in head transplants
is one Dr. Ren Xiaoping of China who has led a team that has made significant advancements in the procedures in this arena.
Not satisfied to leave the head transplanted individual paralyzed,
Dr. Canavero even managed to re-knit the spinal cord
of a rat after severing it, allowing the animal to eventually regain control of its body.
As to the current state of this brand of research,
Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero states that he expects the technology will be
ready as soon as 2017 to perform a successful human head transplant.
Dr. Canavero recently commented on Dr. Xiaoping's work,“I
can tell you that within the last 18 months, about 1,000 similar surgeries were performed in China, and I can say that this very rat(the one with the repaired spinal cord) is not the best sample.
On Friday afternoon at the Westin Hotel in Annapolis, Maryland, with the volunteer for the first human head transplant by his side,
Dr Sergio Canavero made a bid to recruit surgeons willing
to help him perform the procedure from an audience of fellow doctors at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurological and Orthopaedic Surgeons.