What Would Happen if You Had a Brain Transplant? | QUESTION EVERYTHING #2
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0:00 - 0:05the human brain the body's most
important organ but also the organ we -
0:05 - 0:10know the littlest about it helps us to
think two cents to feel that helps us to -
0:10 - 0:15know that we are alive but coming with
the fact that it is the most important -
0:15 - 0:22organ it's also irreplaceable if our
lungs liver heart or kidneys fail us -
0:22 - 0:26there is usually some hope that a
transplant can save us -
0:26 - 0:32brain transplants however seem to only
be long in science fiction but what if -
0:32 - 0:36you could have a brain transplant one of
the rest of your body was dying and all -
0:36 - 0:39your brain needed to do to survive was
abandon ship -
0:39 - 0:52what would happen once your brain woke
up in a new body -
0:52 - 1:04the idea of reanimate the dead is not by
any means a new idea in eighteen 18 Mary -
1:04 - 1:08Shelley introduced the world to
Frankenstein and the idea of what it -
1:08 - 1:14might be like to bring a body back to
life with an entirely new mind the -
1:14 - 1:18result as far as the novel goes brought
us something less than human with the -
1:18 - 1:23creation frankenstein's monster
responding to words such as creature -
1:23 - 1:28monster and it even today the idea of
conducting a brain transplant is -
1:28 - 1:33considered controversial with critics
arguing that the procedure challenges -
1:33 - 1:38the very idea of consciousness itself
even with moral objections firmly in -
1:38 - 1:43place hasn't exactly discourage
scientist from exploring the possibility -
1:43 - 1:47of a brain transplant however
transplanting human brain doesn't -
1:47 - 1:52exactly exist outside of fiction but
that doesn't apply to animals one of the -
1:52 - 1:57earliest known experiments was done by
Vladimir democrat a Russian scientist -
1:57 - 2:02who experimented with head transplants
creating briefly living two-headed dogs -
2:02 - 2:07later in the nineteen seventies American
surgeon dr. Robert White transplanted -
2:07 - 2:11the head of a monkey on to another's
headless body although this was not -
2:11 - 2:15whites first attempt at the
controversial procedure it was one of -
2:15 - 2:20his more successful ones with the monkey
being able to use it senses until its -
2:20 - 2:21immune system
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2:21 - 2:26rejected the foreign head and killed the
animal a little over a week after the -
2:26 - 2:32operation there have been no documented
cases of a brain being transplanted into -
2:32 - 2:38another body however this full head
transplant is a lot more likely a lot -
2:38 - 2:42more obtainable while white was never
able to do more than a few briefly -
2:42 - 2:47successful head transplant Chinese
doctor shopping ran has attempted to -
2:47 - 2:52find the secret behind the tricky
operation by 2015 redhead created over -
2:52 - 2:581,000 hybrid mice by removing and
switching their heads after the -
2:58 - 3:03ten-minute operation the mice will be
able to breathe move blank and even eat -
3:03 - 3:06on their own using tiny tubes that carry
oxygenated blood from the brain to the -
3:06 - 3:11new body the mice would live tragically
short lives dying only a few minutes -
3:11 - 3:15after the operation was complete rain
believes that his research though -
3:15 - 3:21unsuccessful is the key to understanding
how to one day successfully operate on -
3:21 - 3:27human spinal cord however many of Rennes
critics hope that day never comes -
3:27 - 3:30dr. hunt Batjer president-elect of the
American Association for neurological -
3:30 - 3:35surgeon said I would not wish this on
anyone I would not allow anyone to do it -
3:35 - 3:40to me as there are a lot of things worse
than death or could he have meant by -
3:40 - 3:46that how can a brain transplant possibly
be worse than death is he just simply -
3:46 - 3:51trying to discourage medical
advancements or is there possibly a -
3:51 - 3:56colossal downside lurking in the shadows
although experts cannot say for certain -
3:56 - 4:01it is widely speculated that if he were
to transport a human brain into another -
4:01 - 4:06body the identity of the new body would
be long to the donor of the brain -
4:06 - 4:11however some also believe that the shock
and disorientation caused by the -
4:11 - 4:16aftermath of the surgery could continue
to alter the personality of the brain -
4:16 - 4:21donor creating an entirely new person if
a brain transplant resulted in the -
4:21 - 4:27creation of an entirely different person
couldn't that also be considered a form -
4:27 - 4:32of death and how would this kind of
operation impact loved ones on both -
4:32 - 4:34sides of the issue
-
4:34 - 4:38how does the family react to their loved
one looking entirely different or how -
4:38 - 4:42the grieving process be changed if their
deceased loved one -
4:42 - 4:48woke up and could walk and talk but no
longer had the same mind no longer had -
4:48 - 4:52an interest in associating with their
family anymore -
4:52 - 4:56perhaps this idea of personhood comes
from the fact that we know very little -
4:56 - 5:01in regards to how the brain works while
we do know that the brain is deeply -
5:01 - 5:06interconnected containing all of our
bodily actions while still taking cues -
5:06 - 5:10from the rest of our body as well as the
world around us and interpreting them -
5:10 - 5:15we don't know much about how the brain
stores our memories as well as what it -
5:15 - 5:18means to be conscious but as the brain
the only thing that holds our -
5:18 - 5:24personality and makes us who we are one
theory known as the cellular memory -
5:24 - 5:28theory challenges this idea that theory
speculates that human body cells contain -
5:28 - 5:33clues to our personalities taste in
history's independently of either our -
5:33 - 5:38genetic code or our brain cells so in
theory the recipient of a donated organ -
5:38 - 5:44may be susceptible to inheriting some of
the personality traits of the donor -
5:44 - 5:49while the theory has not been proven to
be 100% validated some scientists and -
5:49 - 5:52physicians are testing these ideas
-
5:52 - 5:56one organ that is thought to be prone to
sell memory is the heart in Vienna -
5:56 - 6:01Austria 47 heart transplant patients
were examined over a two-year period and -
6:01 - 6:05while the majority said they experienced
no mental repercussions following the -
6:05 - 6:11surgery 15% did say they experienced a
noticeable change in their personality -
6:11 - 6:16while six percent said that they could
undoubtedly confirm drastic changes in -
6:16 - 6:21their personality or no explained reason
apart from identity surgery such as -
6:21 - 6:25brain transplants can raise more
questions such as those over ownership -
6:25 - 6:30for instance if the transplant were to
be successful in a male patient and they -
6:30 - 6:35were later to have children with those
children be biologically his just -
6:35 - 6:39because the identity of the person
changes doesn't mean that the makeup of -
6:39 - 6:44the rest of the body does bioethics and
regenerative medicine expert doctor -
6:44 - 6:48christopher Scott speculates that not
only would the body not truly be the -
6:48 - 6:53recipients but that neither brains nor
body would belong to either party the -
6:53 - 6:58question posed was is this a person that
the body belongs to or the person the -
6:58 - 7:04head belongs to it is a chimera hybrid
person even if you were to survive a -
7:04 - 7:10surgery with your identity still intact
will your sanity be intact as well -
7:10 - 7:14some in the medical field believe that
even if a head or brain transplant work -
7:14 - 7:19possible creating moving breathing
talking wife the effect the experience -
7:19 - 7:22would have on the mind could be
devastating -
7:22 - 7:26and considering that those who do
experienced traumatic experiences are -
7:26 - 7:30susceptible to changes in their brain
including ships and intelligence -
7:30 - 7:35emotional reactivity happiness and
sociability at best the mind may be -
7:35 - 7:42altered forever at worst the person goes
insane dr. Paul Myers associate -
7:42 - 7:45professor of biology at the University
of Minnesota has explicitly been against -
7:45 - 7:49such procedures largely because of the
potential effect it would have on the -
7:49 - 7:54health of the mind doctor meyer stated
confidently that even tasks were feudal -
7:54 - 8:00the result would be at best a shambling
horror and animal driven mad with pain -
8:00 - 8:06and terror crippled and whimpering even
if the transplant were possible similar -
8:05 - 8:10issues that could be faced during and
after the procedure can be seen in one -
8:10 - 8:15of Sciences latest miracles face
transplants levels of anti-rejection -
8:15 - 8:20medications required for the procedure
are so high that they put patients at -
8:20 - 8:23risk for cancer and kidney issues
-
8:23 - 8:27patients also have a hard time getting
full function of their new face making -
8:27 - 8:32the idea of a much more complicated
brain transplant even more of an -
8:32 - 8:37improbability so with all that being
said brain and head transplants are far -
8:37 - 8:43away right while not as far as you might
like to think in 2015 Italian surgeon -
8:43 - 8:48Sergio Canavero announced that he
would perform the first ever human head -
8:48 - 8:53transplant removing the heads of two
bodies and rejoining them to the -
8:53 - 8:56opposite bodies Cannavaro plans to
remove the head of a living person with -
8:56 - 9:01a dying body and attaching it to the
body of a recently deceased person whose -
9:01 - 9:03body is in relatively good health
-
9:03 - 9:09the operation costing over 16 million
american dollars would call for over 36 -
9:09 - 9:15hours of surgery requiring a team of
over 150 medical professionals 80 of -
9:15 - 9:21them being surgeons to remove the head
and fix it onto a new body in order to -
9:21 - 9:25perform the surgery Connemara would need
to cool the body to a low temperature 10 -
9:25 - 9:30degrees Celsius to be exact before
decapitating and reattaching using the -
9:30 - 9:33nerves of the spinal cords with a small
electric shock -
9:33 - 9:37and a substance called PPG
afterwards the patient would be placed -
9:37 - 9:41in a coma for almost three weeks to
reduce muscle movement followed by -
9:41 - 9:45months of rehabilitation some of it
possibly under virtual reality in order -
9:45 - 9:51to have the patient acclimated to their
new body the severe mental strain from -
9:51 - 9:56waking up in a body you have never used
is a dangerous proposition after all -
9:56 - 10:01despite the hefty price tag on the harsh
criticism surrounding the Italian doctor -
10:01 - 10:05Canavero has already found a subject
Russian graphic artist Vladimir Spiridonov -
10:05 - 10:09Spiridonov suffers from severe
muscular dystrophy causing him to have -
10:09 - 10:14been bound to a wheelchair all of his
life if the surgery goes well it will be -
10:14 - 10:19the first time the 31 year old has ever
walked due to the controversy -
10:19 - 10:23surrounding the operation the procedure
will take place in China with Canavero -
10:23 - 10:29hoping for it to happen as early as 2017
so are we likely to see a full brain -
10:29 - 10:35transplant in our lifetime no we're not
however bullhead transplants are -
10:35 - 10:41potentially possible however who knows
exactly what we're going to see who -
10:41 - 10:46knows what's really truly possible
however there is one fact of course is -
10:46 - 10:51that possible doesn't mean ethical
concerns still surrounding some -
10:51 - 10:55transplants while others are now
considered common our perception of what -
10:55 - 11:00is natural and should remain
uninfluenced by man continues to blur in -
11:00 - 11:04change but the facts are that
transplants have saved countless lives a -
11:04 - 11:08successful one offers a person a more
fulfilling life allowing those who would -
11:08 - 11:13have otherwise surely died and escape
from the threat of premature death but -
11:13 - 11:17one perspective believes that while
delaying premature death is OK -
11:17 - 11:21delaying it at all costs sometimes at
the possible sacrifice of quality of -
11:21 - 11:28life is a crime against nature
reanimating a dead corpse is like people -
11:28 - 11:32playing God but aside from moral
objections think of what a successful -
11:32 - 11:37procedure like a brain transplant could
do for some of our greatest minds -
11:37 - 11:41although brain transplants wouldn't allow
us to be immortal by any means of the -
11:41 - 11:42brain ages like any
-
11:42 - 11:47other organ the procedure would allow
geniuses to continue their work and -
11:47 - 11:49continue changing the world for the
better -
11:49 - 11:53imagine in what ways the world might be
different if Albert Einstein lived -
11:53 - 11:59another 10 years well perhaps this isn't
the best example when offered surgery -
11:59 - 12:03that would have possibly saved his life
he actually turned it down and said I -
12:03 - 12:08want to go when I want it is tasteless
to prolong life artificially I have done -
12:08 - 12:11my share it is time to go I will do it
-
12:11 - 12:17elegantly and he died the next morning
but aside from geniuses imagine all the -
12:17 - 12:23people that it could help and escape
from cancer not a cure by any means but -
12:23 - 12:27it is another option and now is the
point where I questioned you I asked on -
12:27 - 12:33my Twitter if a brain transplant work to
be 100% successful guaranteed and full -
12:33 - 12:39consent was given by both parties do you
agree with the idea of transplanting one -
12:39 - 12:45persons living brain into the dead body
of another person -
12:45 - 12:523385 you voted 34% said that brain
transplants are acceptable under any -
12:52 - 12:53circumstances
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12:53 - 13:0027 percent said that they are unsure
another 27% said that brain transplants -
13:00 - 13:04are acceptable only as a last possible
resort for survival and all other -
13:04 - 13:09options have been exhausted and the
remaining 12% said that it is never an -
13:09 - 13:13acceptable option and that it is
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13:22 - 13:26future or is it just another way that
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- What Would Happen if You Had a Brain Transplant? | QUESTION EVERYTHING #2
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