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title: Head Transplant
type: technology
url: "https://www.envisioning.com/research/helix/head-transplant"
hub: helix
summary: Surgical transfer of head onto donor body; animal experiments including 2-headed result.
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# Head Transplant

Surgical transfer of head onto donor body; animal experiments including 2-headed result.
- Technology Readiness Level: 2/9
- Impact: 5/5
- Investment: 2/5
Head transplant (or body transplant) would attach a head to a donor body. Success in animal experiments including 2-headed outcome. Proposed applications: treatment of debilitating disease or disfigurement. Extreme ethical and practical challenges; not clinically pursued for humans.

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Source: Envisioning — Technology Research Institute (https://www.envisioning.com/research/helix/head-transplant)