A Summary Of Sergio Canavero
In the world of science in order to make advancements we must drift away from what is deemed as sane. We dare to do what has never been done, see all there is to be seen, and know all there is to be known. Great sacrifices are made in the name of science but, can we ever go too far. Sergio Canavero, a Italian neurosurgeon, believes that he is on course to making a huge leap in the medical field; he wants to perform the first human head transplant. Canavero plans to take the head of one decapitated subject and placed it onto the body of another decapitated being and if successful, it could be used to help out cancer patients and those who suffer from extreme accidents. The major concern surrounding the operation is the uncertainty of a successful
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There are not many plans that have led to a victorious end. Experiments have been done on various animals and each test ended with the test subjects dead. With the outcome of Canverno’s work seeming to do more harm than good and the creepy taboo set on the exchanging of body parts, the operation does not seem to be ethically moral.
Fleming, Nic. "Dr Strange Meets Dr Frankenstein." New Scientist, vol. 236, no. 3149, 28
Oct. 2017, pp. 39-41. EBSCOhost, Sergio Canavero constructed plans to perform the first human head transplant in China. The procedure is called the head anastomosis venture, or HEAVEN, by Canavero. He plans to use Polyethylene glycol (PEG) to reconnect the spinal cords (7). He believes that a patient could regain close to full movement after those nerves have been severed. A test was performed on eight mice by C-Yoon Kim and five of them “whose spinal cords …show more content…
Determining if something is ethical or not requires a lot of thought and time. When figuring out the areas of ethics in the field of medicine and science, it’s important to set standards and stick to them so that others in an organization will follow suit in the decision making process. Ethics is always meat to focus on the health care of the patients. Even public support can help with uncovering if something is ethical. This opens up the medical field to more possibilities. For instance, it allows for more public support and consent. The final aspect for uncovering how ethical something is based off of research. Research is required to give other a sense of how logical something is and if it can be
There are not many plans that have led to a victorious end. Experiments have been done on various animals and each test ended with the test subjects dead. With the outcome of Canverno’s work seeming to do more harm than good and the creepy taboo set on the exchanging of body parts, the operation does not seem to be ethically moral.
Fleming, Nic. "Dr Strange Meets Dr Frankenstein." New Scientist, vol. 236, no. 3149, 28
Oct. 2017, pp. 39-41. EBSCOhost, Sergio Canavero constructed plans to perform the first human head transplant in China. The procedure is called the head anastomosis venture, or HEAVEN, by Canavero. He plans to use Polyethylene glycol (PEG) to reconnect the spinal cords (7). He believes that a patient could regain close to full movement after those nerves have been severed. A test was performed on eight mice by C-Yoon Kim and five of them “whose spinal cords …show more content…
Determining if something is ethical or not requires a lot of thought and time. When figuring out the areas of ethics in the field of medicine and science, it’s important to set standards and stick to them so that others in an organization will follow suit in the decision making process. Ethics is always meat to focus on the health care of the patients. Even public support can help with uncovering if something is ethical. This opens up the medical field to more possibilities. For instance, it allows for more public support and consent. The final aspect for uncovering how ethical something is based off of research. Research is required to give other a sense of how logical something is and if it can be