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Despite the numerous obstacles Canavero faces from ethical and scientific standpoints, he appears to be moving full-steam ahead. Last year, he performed what he called a "proof-of-concept" procedure in which he severed a dog's spinal cord then reconnected it - one of the major obstacles to completing the procedure in people.

And now Canavero has published another equally repellant study that details how he and another surgeon, Xiaoping Ren, attached the head of a mouse to the body of a rat. The team then repeated the procedure in several other animals, effectively creating a series of two-headed rats.

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[Stinkles]

No science. Go home you are drunk.

 

[Bruce Springsteen]

Humans will pay one day for all this

 

[Fat4all]

That's one way to get a head in life.

 

[capitalCORN]

Someone's hellbent on a chimera.

 

[Ouroboros]

RPG enemies come to life. Where's my sword?

 

[PJV3]

I don't know what to think, I'm in two minds about science like this.

 

[Messofanego]

Mad doctors, man. Not just a figment of 50s movies.

 

[SENPAIatLARGE]

 

[chadskin]

Oooh, it's the Metal Gear Solid doctor!

 

[bob_arctor]

Never ask "Who gives a rat's ass??" in front of this guy.

 

[Tambini]

Siamice twins

 

[How About No]

yeah Simpsons did it


I'm not sure how I feel about this otherwise...

 

[Strangelove77]

Pigeon-rat next please.

 

[EloquentM]

Human centipede next pls

 

[old manatee]

 

[Speevy]

Mario and Luigi

 

[True Savior]

 

[PartTimeWarrior]

Alternate headline: rat gets a new rat hat

 

[jay]

Humans will pay one day for all this

No we won't. And that's the tragedy.

 

[Manoko]

Science is heartless and disgusting sometimes.

 

[Fat4all]

This doc is heading towards great things

 

[Auctopus]

This is the doctor who looks identical to the MGSV doctor yeah?

The one who was going to attempt a human head transplant.

 

[JordanN]

 

[PJV3]

If I die suddenly I am happy for my head to get stapled onto a fit young lady.

 

[Lovely Salsa]

Disgusting

What does the other head do? Is it even concious?

 

[chrisPjelly]

 

[Keyser Soze]

 

[akira28]

oh good.

 

[Maintenance]

Of course it is the Metal Gear Solid guy, why am I not surprised.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

Should have quit while he was a head.

 

[Plesiades]

This is the doctor who looks identical to the MGSV doctor yeah?

The one who was going to attempt a human head transplant.

Yeah. That's him.

Kojima is now furiously rewriting the Death Stranding script.

 

[Speevy]

The lost Aesop's fable: "Two heads are better than one."

 

[Ri'Orius]

Read the article; still don't understand the point of the two-headed rat procedure. Other than perhaps "learn more about fiddling with spinal cords."

The other procedure, of severing and then trying to repair a spinal cord, I get. And the article talks about an old experiment that removed a monkey's head and transplanted a new one onto it (without much success); that sounds like it could have some niche applications. But two heads at the same time?

 

[zeemumu]

 

[HiiiLife]

?

 

[Mechanized]

Humans will pay one day for all this

Well aliens will treat us the same way if we don't get to them first so here's hoping we don't meet them in our lifetime!

 

[louiedog]

I saw this in the theater

Spoiler

in 2017 with comedians making fun of it MST3K style

 

[Speevy]

You learned the two most important lessons in life. Keep your mouth shut, and never rat on your friends.

 

[SilentRacoon]

This is the doctor who looks identical to the MGSV doctor yeah?

The one who was going to attempt a human head transplant.

Yes he is, there was even some conspiracy going around GAF that suggested he was a sham and only a publicity stunt orch
estrated by Kojima to promote MGSV, someone went as far as calling his personal office IIRC.

What are the practical uses of this? Honest question. Seems rather cruel to me.

 

[Slaythe]

For the record, they've done that to a dog before.

And also transplanted a monkey head on another monkey body. Awful.

 

[lvl99 Pixel]

oh good
was getting tired of all the news of humans doing messed up shit to humans :|

 

[frontovik]

Just going to say it looks like an abomination.

 

[Veelk]

And here is the scientist's daughter!

 

[TheOohChild]

This is something a surgeon does when they get addicted to drinking ether

 

[Moose Biscuits]

It appears it got a pair of bonus hands as well.

 

[Dee Dah Dave]

It won't be long before 'The Human Centipede' is viewed as a documentary.

 

[Speevy]

This is something a surgeon does when they get addicted to drinking ether

This is something the dude from The Human Centipede or Dr. Moreau would do.

 

[L Thammy]

How much EXP do I get for killing one?

 

[Nabbis]

Thousands of rats are killed with inducing gene therapy that produces horrific results every year and this is where we draw the line... Okay.