Head transplant: how would it work and is it ethical?

'Frankenstein' neurosurgeon insists surgery can happen but the medical community argues he is 'nuts'

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A controversial neurosurgeon who plans to carry out the world's first head transplant has admitted that the final goal of his project is immortality.

Italian surgeon Sergio Canavero, who plans to perform the transplant in the next few years, has been called Frankenstein by other doctors. "I am prepared for any nicknames," he told the Mail Online. "It sounds cool and will help to sell more newspapers."

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