Italian doctor successfully connected the marrow with special glue

Dr. Sergio Canavero confirmed that he cut and reconnected the mouse's spinal cord with a special bio-colloid.

Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero declared success in reconnecting the severed spinal cord of many mice with a special solution he called "glue," Business Insider reported on June 15. .

According to Canavero, each experiment is a small step towards the goal of the first shift in the world, the process is considered odd and impossible by many industry experts. Despite many ethical and scientific obstacles, Canavero is still conducting many complete head pairing experiments on animals.

In an article published on June 14, Canavero detailed how he and the surgeon group resumed spinal cord in a group of mice, using a plastic called polyethylene glycol (PEG). Previously, when speaking at the event of the TED non-governmental organization, Canavero described PED as a special bio-glue, which may be the key to successful future graft surgery.

The rat head was inserted into the rats in Dr. Canavero's April experiment.(Photos: Pinterest).

Canavero emphasized the latest experiment as a big step."Critics argue that the cut spinal cord cannot be restored and therefore, grafting is impossible. But the scan shows that the spinal cord has been reconstructed ," Canavero said.

Surgeons used PEG in a series of experiments conducted in the 1930s and 1940s, in which they tried to connect the spinal cord of the dog so that they had two heads. It was also the claim that Canavero achieved in April, describing the process of mouse-head grafting into rats' bodies. He repeated this process in several other animals, creating a series of two-headed mice averaging about 36 hours.

While preparing for the most recent experiment with mice, Canavero also performed the surgical procedure of cutting a dog's spinal cord and reconnecting but did not reveal how long the animal lived.

In the latest study, Canavero described the steps of severing the spinal cord of mice and then using salt water to stop the bleeding. After that, nine mice treated with PEG with healing wounds gradually, 6 mice were treated with salt water only. Both groups received antibiotics for 72 hours after surgery. According to the Canavero results, the mice using PEG restored their motor function and were able to walk again after 28 days. However, the whole group of mice could not live more than a month, except for one, which died a little later.

Maintaining life for animals in the experiment is not Canavero's goal. With this doctor, each experiment only gave him a closer access to the goal of successful head transplantation in humans.

Dr. Canavero is working with experts in China to be able to perform the world's first human head transplant next year. Currently, the research team is still looking for suitable candidates to perform this unprecedented procedure.