The idea of taking two humans, putting them in nearby isolation chambers, and swapping their heads is a profoundly science-fiction idea – ditto the idea of taking a human brain, and implanting it in ...

*Excuse me one sec, while I attempt to wrap my own securely attached head to this lastest rather scientific occurrence. A neuroscientist in Italy had promised one day he would perform the first head ...

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India, April 27 -- A complex procedure and an act of generosity have enabled a young mother of two to undergo a bilateral hand transplant at a Delhi hospital after a brain-dead donor's family ...

When someone has a stroke — a leading worldwide cause of death and disability — time is of the essence. Almost nine out of 10 cases are ischemic strokes, caused by restricted blood flow in the brain, ...

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity will begin a "brain transplant" tomorrow (Aug. 11), a four-day operation that will bring a temporary halt to the robot's science activities. Curiosity is getting a major ...