Body transplant

In February an Italian surgeon Mr Canavero,  from the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation group announced that he is two years away from perfecting a procedure to graft someone's head on to a new body.  He first hopes to perform this on a terminally ill patient.  After that he expects most recipients to be with muscle wasting diseases, patients with muscular dystrophy and  tetraplegia.
It is coming up to 50 years since a first heart transplant was successful.  Now not only organ transplants but many intricate surgeries to major organs,  have become routine.  Growing embryo in the laboratory is well established and growing body parts from person's own tissue can be possible in the near future.  
Similarly it has been over 60 years since structure of DNA molecule and location of genes were discovered.  Now genetic engineering has advanced so much that genes leading to serous medical deceases are identified and progress is being made to remove such genes at embryonic stage.
Current test (which can be fetal to the baby) for pregnant mother to check if the baby is down syndrome will be replaced by simple blood test. This was the news relayed on 2nd April.
The diligence, dedication and hard work of the medical professionals, are highly commendable.  These kind of news are pacifying  contrary to the news of daily terrorism and violence.
Ila Kapadia
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