The First Successful Head Transplant – And What It Means for the Future of Medicine

This might sound like science fiction, but scientists have already performed successful full monkey head transplants – and some of the subjects actually survived for weeks.

In the 1950s, Soviet scientist Vladimir Demikhov conducted the first documented head transplant experiments, and in the 1970s, American neurosurgeon Dr. Robert White further refined the procedure.

While these experiments raise serious ethical concerns, modern research in neuroscience, brain-computer interfaces, and spinal cord regeneration suggests that full human head transplants may not be impossible in the future.

Some scientists believe this could provide hope for people with severe spinal injuries or neurodegenerative diseases like ALS. But others argue it is a dangerous and unethical experiment that should never be pursued.

💬 What do you think? Could this become a breakthrough in medicine, or is it simply too risky?

📌 (I found a video that dives deeper into these experiments and what they mean for the future of medicine. I'll drop the link in the comments!)