#MorningMonarchy: November 29, 2017
Fast food nihilism, CRISPR kits and dead head transplants + this day in history w/the murder of Natalie Wood and our song of the day by Ty Segall on your Morning Monarchy for November 29, 2017.
head transplant
World’s First Head Transplant Scheduled for 2017
The world’s first head transplant is schedule to take place in December 2017. The procedure is expected to take 36 hours and will require that the head of the patient, Valery Spiridonov be cooled, as well as the donor’s body, to extend the period in which cells can survive without oxygen. [1]
First Head Transplant Operation Aims for Immortality, Surgeon Says
A recent headline reads: Head transplant: man will be attached to new body in under an hour and aim is immortality, doctor says.
Russian Man with Spinal Cord Disease to Be First Recipient of Human Head Transplant
Medical News Today has reported on one of the most bizarre surgeries to ever be conducted. It will take place on a 30-year-old Russian man with a muscle wasting disease. An Italian surgeon will conduct the world’s first head transplant operation on the Russian volunteer.