Brain Transplant
The field of
medical science is constantly evolving and now it has reached such a point that
doctors are planning to perform brain transplants. It has been done
successfully with some animals but now doctors hope to perform this on humans. I
reckon the idea itself of brain transplantation is a very scary and devastating
one, let alone the performing of the procedure because of its numerous
problems.
Brain transplant
has been successful on animals but that doesn’t mean it will be a success in
human counterparts too. If anything is more complex than the Universe, it is
the human brain. It is very difficult to connect each and every neurons which
send and receive signals from the whole body, in their correct positions.
That’s nearly impossible to reconnect all nerve endings correctly. It is highly
possible that the body may reject the new brain as it has tendency to act on
things which are foreign to it. Psychological effects may also arise. Even if
the transplant is successful the person will no longer have his own identity in
whole. The person will be distorted in parts as the uniqueness will disappear.
You would feel trapped inside the body of another person. The advancement of
technology is very beneficial to the world, but I don’t believe this medical
technology of brain transplantation is going to help anyone. It will only
create havoc if not good. We were born with our own brain which we have
developed ourselves, from childhood to adolescence. The mind that we ourselves
have developed into who we are, shouldn’t be messed with and given to another person
in any case. People who died with healthy brain should also not have their
brain put into someone else. Another question is should the brain be of the
same age as the person who needs it? This could also bring up other factors
such as intelligence, gender or physical problems a person had before death. Another
problem would be to determine the duration up to which a brain can be kept
alive after death and that too how without damage.
Finally, my
thinking about this type of surgery is that it should be avoided on humans
until doctors have overcome all the problems and the negative prospects
associated with it as it could result in a hitherto never experienced level and
quality of insanity.
References:
- BEC Crew. “World’s first head transplant volunteer could experience something worse than death.” Science Alert. 10 April 2015. 20 April 2015 <http://www.sciencealert.com/world-s-first-head-transplant-volunteer-could-experience-something-worse-than-death>
- Hooton. Cristopher. “Man undergoing head transplant could experience something 'a lot worse than death', says neurological expert.” The Independent. 9 April 2015. 20 April 2015 <http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/man-undergoing-head-transplant-could-experience-something-a-lot-worse-than-death-says-neurological-expert-10164423.html>
4/21/2017 08:59:00 pm
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