Medical Full Body Transplant: Questions & Discussion

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The discussion revolves around the topic of full body transplants, initiated by a user expressing interest in the subject. Forum guidelines require that discussions be supported by mainstream, peer-reviewed scientific articles. The user acknowledges their lack of medical background but seeks to understand the possibilities and challenges of full body transplants. A response highlights that current medical science is far from achieving whole-body transplants due to significant obstacles, including the inability to keep the brain alive without a body, the risk of brain damage during removal, challenges in preventing organ rejection, and the complexities of reconnecting nerve pathways. The user is encouraged to reference scientific evidence in future posts.
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Hi there,
I am recently become interested in full bodies transplants. I had a look on the internet and found that it is quite discussed about, so I was wondering if this is a topic that would be ok to discuss onto this forum. If so I will post my questions
thanks
 
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bus said:
Hi there,
I am recently become interested in full bodies transplants. I had a look on the internet and found that it is quite discussed about, so I was wondering if this is a topic that would be ok to discuss onto this forum. If so I will post my questions
thanks

Welcome to the PF.

If you want to discuss it here, then per the PF rules, you will need to cite mainstream, peer-reviewed scientific articles to start the discussion. A list of allowed journals can be found in the Rules link at the top of the page.


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oh I see, thanks for that. I don't have any medical background, I just wanted to know a bit more about that, the possibilities and the problems that it would involve, and I thought I could find something here but I understand that I would need to support that with scientific evidence
 
This discussion has been had before, feel free to use the search button on the top right.

Regarding your question no; we are nowhere near ever attempting a whole-body transplant for various reasons. We cannot keep the brain alive without a body, we cannot remove a brain without damage, you'd have to prevent rejection and we cannot reconnect all the nerve connections into and out of a brain (and I'm not sure that people are similar enough for this to work anyway). Off the top of my head those are the biggest and most obvious problems but I'm sure there are a lot more.
 
perfect thanks for that, and I will bear in mind next time I post something to support it with scientific evidence.
regards
 

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