A 30-year-old Russian computer scientist with a rare, genetic muscle wasting disease is set to become the first person in the world to have his head transplanted onto a healthy donor body.
Valery Spiridonov, from Vladimir, has approached Italian surgeon Dr Sergio Canavero who recently claimed to have developed a technique that would allow the world's first human head transplant to take place within the next two years.
Spiridonov volunteered for the radical procedure which would see his head re-attached to a healthy donor body.
Russian man may become first person to have head transplant - IBNLive
Valery Spiridonov, from Vladimir, has approached Italian surgeon Dr Sergio Canavero who recently claimed to have developed a technique that would allow the world's first human head transplant to take place within the next two years.
Spiridonov volunteered for the radical procedure which would see his head re-attached to a healthy donor body.
Russian man may become first person to have head transplant - IBNLive
