What Happened To The First Human Head Transplant? (Feat. Medlife Crisis)

Use code JOESCOTT50 to get 50% OFF your first Factor box plus 20% off your next month at https://bit.ly/4ajfhEs! In 2015, Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero announced that he intended to perform a human head transplant within a few years, and even more shockingly, he had a volunteer for the almost guaranteed-to-be-lethal procedure: a Russian man named Valery Spiridonov. What happened to this crazy plan? And what would it actually take to perform a human head transplant? Want to support the channel? Here's how: Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/answerswithjoe Channel Memberships: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-2YHgc363EdcusLIBbgxzg/join T-Shirts & Merch: http://www.answerswithjoe.com/store Check out my 2nd channel, Joe Scott TMI: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqi721JsXlf0wq3Z_cNA_Ew And my podcast channel, Conversations With Joe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJzc7TiJ2nnuyJkUpOZ8RKA You can listen to my podcast, Conversations With Joe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Spotify 👉 https://spoti.fi/37iPGzF Apple Podcasts 👉 https://apple.co/3j94kfq Google Podcasts 👉 https://bit.ly/3qZCo1V Interested in getting a Tesla or going solar? Use my referral link and get discounts and perks: https://ts.la/joe74700 Follow me at all my places! Instagram: https://instagram.com/answerswithjoe TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@answerswithjoe Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/answerswithjoe Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/answerswithjoe LINK LINK LINKS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Galvani https://unos.org/transplant/history/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6511668/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5116034/ https://f.io/j66GT-Pz https://www.weirdhistorian.com/russian-scientist-two-headed-dogs/ https://news.stthomas.edu/publication-article/the-seminal-and-sometimes-weird-science-of-dr-robert-white/ https://f.io/cdiwI5tQ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Canavero https://people.com/human-interest/valery-spiridonov-head-transplant-backs-out/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6901981/Russian-says-wont-worlds-head-transplant-patient-parental-duties.html?ito=social-facebook https://youtu.be/unkWbEmtYXs?si=OMyzYkxWfzebUOhh https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6901981/Russian-says-wont-worlds-head-transplant-patient-parental-duties.html?ito=social-facebook https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/head-transplant-rat-china-sergio-canavero-xiaoping-ren-a7709161.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6511668/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5705925/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6901981/Russian-says-wont-worlds-head-transplant-patient-parental-duties.html#v-9133785022776624159 https://www.newscientist.com/article/2073923-head-transplant-carried-out-on-monkey-claims-maverick-surgeon/ https://f.io/cdiwI5tQ https://nationalpost.com/features/head-transplant https://ideacity.ca/video/william-sikkema-head-transplants-graphene-nanoribbons/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6108198/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2F-imlUpnI0&t=55s https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21507740.2017.1392386 https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/head-transplant-surgery-sergio-canavero-body-medical-reaction-criticism-real-a8061011.html https://people.com/human-interest/valery-spiridonov-head-transplant-backs-out/ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Intro 1:57 - Luigi Galvani 3:30 - Transplant History 6:48 - Sergio Canavaro 12:27 - HEAVEN Protocol 17:18 - Polyethelyne Glycol 22:18 - Sponsor - Factor