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人間の頭部移植は可能?

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出典: CNN It sounds like the plot for a science fiction movie. Someone has a horrific accident and winds up in the hospital, brain dead and on life support. Doctors approach the family about organ donation, but instead of saving as many as eight lives, the family is asked to donate the whole body to save just one individual. Perhaps a quadriplegic with a mind that outmatches their malfunctioning body. wind up … 結局(最終的に)~になる(= end up) quadriplegic [kw ὰdr əplíːdʒik] … 四肢麻痺患者 outmatch … ~より勝る As crazy as this sounds, to put an entire head on a new body, a human body, Italian physician Dr. Sergio Canavero says we are approaching HEAVEN (an acronym for head anastomosis venture; anastomosis is surgically connecting two parts). The pieces are coming together but there are still many hurdles to jump. anastomosis [ənæ̀stəmóusis ] … (血管などの)吻合術 Canavero says he has part of the funding secured , although he says he can't yet disclose where the money is coming from as a condi...

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