
Valery
Spiridonov is set to become the first person to undergo a head
transplant and hopes it could be as soon as next year.
He is ready to put his trust in controversial surgeon
Dr Sergio Canavero who claims he can cut off his head and attach it to a
healthy body.
Mr Spiridonov, 30, a computer scientist from Russia, said: 'My decision is final and I do not plan to change my mind.'
As
a lifelong sufferer of the rare genetic Werdnig-Hoffman...