First human head transplant could be achieved by 2030, veteran NHS neurosurgeon claims

First human head transplant could be achieved by 2030, veteran NHS neurosurgeon claims The first ever human head transplants could be achieved within the next decade, claims a former NHS neurosurgeon who believes he knows how the feat of moving a person’s consciousness to another body could be made to work.

Bruce Mathew, a former clinical lead for neurosurgery at Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, was working on a science fiction novel with Institute of Futurology founder Michael Lee when he realised the potential key to making the outlandish surgery a success. The Independent