Persuasive Essay: Highly Controversial Surgery

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This year scientists will be attempting a new, highly controversial surgery. That will have the whole scientific community will be watching it’s outcome. It will be the first time anyone has ever attempted to do a head or body transplant. The patient has a terminal disease, his body is slowly shutting down but his head is still untouched. The article goes over how this produce has raised many ethical and medical questions. One of the first questions is, is it possible? According to the head doctor, Dr. Sergio Canavero, there is a 90 percent chance that the patient, Spiridonov, will survive. However other scientists don’t believe the surgery is that likely to be a success. One of the main concerns is rather of not a spinal cord can be repaired

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