The first human being in the world, who agreed to become a subject of an experimental head transplant surgery is a man from the city of Vladimir, Russia. His name is Valery Spiridonov, and he is an IT specialist.
The Russian gave an interview to Mail.Online, in which he shared his plans. Valery suffers from an incurable genetic disease. The muscles of his body atrophy, and doctors say that he has no chances to recover.
Valery decided to volunteer for the world’s first-ever head transplant surgery. The surgery is to be performed by Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Kanavero, who had given a promise to conduct such a surgery.
Spiridonov says that he trusted the surgeon. The surgeon will cut off the man’s head to attach it to somebody else’s body. The patient said that it was his dream to feel healthy muscles before death.