In November 17th this year, according to foreign media reports, Khanna Vero announced at a press conference in Austria on Vienna: after 18 hours, the world's first human head transplant "has been successfully implemented in the body. Khanna Vero said that the successful operation with two bodies, the spinal nerves and blood vessels, the research team "will be" paralyzed from the neck down living transplant.

This, called "Verona head transplant" performed by the team of Professor Ren Xiaoping from Harbin Medical University. Surgeon Ren Xiaoping this week told the media that the operation is conducted at the end of November last year. He stressed that this is a case of complete human head transplant surgery operation model, is a medical experiment, can not say "success", should be said to be "complete" experiment, hope to use the experimental "finish" to express, but it is also an important breakthrough.

The Kanaweiluo in the above conference according to the "Guardian"

In fact, as early as a few years ago, the first operation has entered the public eye:

In June 2013, the Italy Department of Neurosurgery expert Sergio Canavero published an article, said he would make a "head transplant" project, the acronym together called "HEAVEN", it is also known as "paradise" project.

In 2015, Kanaweiluo and his first volunteer -- Russian man Valery Spiridonov, announced that they will carry out the world's first head surgery in two years the news to the crowd, instantly shocked the world.

"Valeri? Spiridonov

However, in April this year, Kanaweiluo doctors in an "OOOM" magazine interview, said that the first head of surgery will be Chinese, and that the first to accept the first operation is not Valery Spiridonov. Spiridonov also said in an earlier interview with Star News accepted, because of the money problem, unable to complete the first operation in Russia, while they will also accept conventional treatment.

From Khanna Vero announced the first operation of the moment, this topic has been a controversial one, until today, many medical professionals still think the first operation is not achieved.

Whether the experimental surgery is a how to break through?

The first operation, the ultimate realization of the rebirth of the first distance how far?

In November 23rd, Dr. Arthur Kaplan had been "found" magazine as one of the scientific community in 2008 ten most influential scientists accepted the star news interview. He said: "the operation does not prove what, because just completed the" connection ", does not solve the problem of spinal nerve."

As for the head of what can be achieved?

Professor Kaplan said his thoughts and many neurological experts and medical professionals, head transplant not forever, but at least now and in the near future, it is impossible to achieve.