possible that their could be a link up to a pump to feed blood & oxygen to the head to keep it alive ready for atransplant in other words head keept alive on the shelf it not such a bad thought try to explain how this could be done
2007-07-20 03:33:51 · 3 answers · asked by david p 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Outside of horror movies I have never heard of it being done.
The problem is that even if you can keep the brain alive then the connections from all of the nerves in the head can not be made to join with the body connections you want to transplant into.
2007-07-20 05:33:37 · answer #1 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well in theory but the brain due to a lack of use could go brain dead... but there are a lot of probs. with this- the amount of blood pressure needed, the amount of oxygenation the blood needs to be kept at and it pretty much would have to plugged into a battery so it could function enough to not go into a comma
2007-07-20 10:41:44 · answer #2 · answered by Jacob S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it would have to be nutrient/oxygen rich blood
2007-07-20 10:41:42 · answer #3 · answered by Huy T 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋