Road to a human head transplant

Russian surgeon Vladimir Demikhov grafted the head and forepaws of one dog on to another in 1959. Picture: Sovfoto/UIG 




AN ITALIAN surgeon’s macabre plan for the world’s first head transplant has sparked controversy in the medical community.



Scientists have called it impossible, stupid and even homicidal. But Dr Sergio Canavero is determined to make history by fusing the head