Re: "Brain Transplant Technologies" - 5th Annual Anti-Aging Conference Brief Recap

Tony B. Csoka (csoka@itsa.ucsf.edu)
Tue, 16 Dec 1997 16:59:52 -0800 (PST)


Natasha Vita More:

>Dr. White explained, that because of the
>nonreconstitution of the spinal column, the brain transplant surgery
>would
>be a same-same physical situation unless Reeves' (for example) body was
>deteriorating rapidly -- essentially dying, the brain transplant could be
>then put into another body but it would still be paralyzed due to the
>spinal
>nonreconstitution.

Was there anybody there working on the spinal reconnection aspect of the
surgery? Obviously this is just as important as the blood flow. I presume
they finished up with paralysed animals in the experiments you mentioned?

TBC