re: Q&A with the First Human Set to Get a Head Transplant

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The lengths of the transected spinal cord stumps will be adjusted so they’re even, and the myelinated axons, the spaghetti-like parts of nerve cells, will be fused using a special type of glue made of polyethylene glycol, an inorganic polymer that Canavero says is the procedure’s true magical elixir. In this way, spinal cord function will be established by enabling the cytoplasm of adjacent cells to mix together.

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Basically what this is saying is that permanent paralysis is a thing of the past now. If they can basically alchemize cells at the cytoplasmic level then they can repair a severed nerve. This would have to be the case to give this operation any hope of success. Amazing if it succeeds but usually the first few attempts at something this revolutionary with regards to medicine have a negative outcome.