Man Signs Up To Undergo World’s First Head Transplant

33-year-old Valerys suffers from a muscle wasting condition, Werdnig-Hoffman disease, and has volunteered to be the first human to undergo a head transplant…

No Quality Of Life

Valery suffers from a debilitating, muscle-wasting disease called Werdnig-Hoffmann disease. It destroys all the muscles and nerves in the brain and spinal cord, leaving him permanently wheelchair bound…

No Other Choice

Feeling he had no other choice outside of watching his body waste away before his eyes, Valery volunteered to participate in Dr. Sergio Canavero’s trial head transplant surgery. What the surgery involved is (literally) mind blowing…

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