In 2013, surgeon Sergio Canavero surprised the medical field by stating his ambition was to perform a human head transplant. This was seen as something near impossible at the time. A head transplant ...

As bizarre as the idea of a full human head transplant sounds, Canavero, of the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group, has said he is ready to proceed with the operation reminiscent of the horror story ...

In 2015, Dr. Sergio Canavero announced plans to perform the world’s first human head transplant on Valery Spiridonov, a paralyzed Russian man. Years later, what actually happened to this shocking ...

The closer we get to the end the year, the closer we get to the ground-breaking, if not science-fiction-sounding, head transplant surgery slated to take place in 2017. That is when the Italian surgeon ...

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(RNN) - An Italian surgeon said he would be scheduling the first transplant of a healthy human head onto another body "within days." Dr. Sergio Canavero said the procedure would take place in China ...

Italy: It sounds like the plot from a horror movie, but scientists believe a human head transplant could soon become a reality. Doctors will launch a project at a conference this summer, with the aim ...

One man could go under the knife to get a whole new body next year, if Dr. Canavero is to be believed, but there's plenty of reason to be skeptical. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on ...