Follow a neurosurgeon's attempts to perform a head transplant;and dig into the ethical and biological questions the procedure raises. -- In 1970;neurosurgeon Robert White and his team carted two monkeys into an operating room to conduct an ambitious experiment. The objective was to connect the head of Monkey A to the body of Monkey B;in what he considered a whole-body transplant;with the ultimate goal of one day performing this surgery on humans. Is such a feat even medically possible? And is it ethical? Max G. Levy investigates. Lesson by Max G. Levy;directed by Anton Bogaty. Support Our Non-Profit Mission ---------------------------------------------- Support us on Patreon: http://bit.ly/TEDEdPatreon Check out our merch: http://bit.ly/TEDEDShop ---------------------------------------------- Connect With Us ---------------------------------------------- Sign up for our newsletter: http://bit.ly/TEDEdNewsletter Follow us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/TEDEdFacebook Find us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/TEDEdTwitter Peep us on Instagram: http://bit.ly/TEDEdInstagram ---------------------------------------------- Keep Learning ---------------------------------------------- View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-you-transplant-a-head-to-another-body-max-levy Dig deeper with additional resources: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-you-transplant-a-head-to-another-body-max-levy/digdeeper Animator's website: https://www.instagram.com/anton_bogaty ---------------------------------------------- Thank you so much to our patrons for your support! Without you this video would not be possible! Thomas Mungavan;Jaron Blackburn;Venkat Venkatakrishnan;ReuniteKorea;Aaron Henson;Rohan Gupta;Begum Tutuncu;Brian Richards;Jørgen Østerpart;Tyron Jung;Carsten Tobehn;Katie Dean;Ezgi Yersu;Gerald Onyango;alessandra tasso;Doreen Reynolds-Consolati;Manognya Chakrapani;Ayala Ron;Eunsun Kim;Phyllis Dubrow;Ophelia Gibson Best;Paul Schneider;Joichiro Yamada;Henrique Cassús;Karthik Cherala;Clarence E. Harper Jr.;Vignan Velivela;Ana Maria;Exal Enrique Cisneros Tuch;Tejas Dc;Khalifa Alhulail;Martin Stephen;Jose Henrique Leopoldo e Silva;Mandeep Singh;Abhijit Kiran Valluri;Morgan Williams;Devin Harris;Pavel Zalevskiy;Karen Goepen-Wee;Filip Dabrowski;Barbara Smalley;Megan Douglas;Tim Leistikow;Ka-Hei Law;Hiroshi Uchiyama;Mark Morris;Misaki Sato;EdoKun;SookKwan Loong and Bev Millar.;Education;head transplant;organ transplant;transplants;surgical transplant;surgery;neurosurgery;robert white;neurosurgeon;monkeys;monkey transplant;monkey head transplant;medical research;body transplant;ethics;ethical dilemma;mind body;mind body divide;gut brain connection;paralysis;spinal cord;als;brain cooling;bioethics;science;biology;medicine;medical experiments;consciousness;education;animation;anton bogaty;max levy;TED;TED-Ed;TED Ed;Teded;Ted Education
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Follow a neurosurgeon's attempts to perform a head transplant;and dig into the ethical and biological questions the procedure raises. -- In 1970;neurosurgeon Robert White and his team carted two monkeys into an operating room to conduct an ambitious experiment. The objective was to connect the head of Monkey A to the body of Monkey B;in what he considered a whole-body transplant;with the ultimate goal of one day performing this surgery on humans. Is such a feat even medically possible? And is it ethical? Max G. Levy investigates. Lesson by Max G. Levy;directed by Anton Bogaty. Support Our Non-Profit Mission ---------------------------------------------- Support us on Patreon: http://bit.ly/TEDEdPatreon Check out our merch: http://bit.ly/TEDEDShop ---------------------------------------------- Connect With Us ---------------------------------------------- Sign up for our newsletter: http://bit.ly/TEDEdNewsletter Follow us on Facebook: http://bit.ly/TEDEdFacebook Find us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/TEDEdTwitter Peep us on Instagram: http://bit.ly/TEDEdInstagram ---------------------------------------------- Keep Learning ---------------------------------------------- View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-you-transplant-a-head-to-another-body-max-levy Dig deeper with additional resources: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/can-you-transplant-a-head-to-another-body-max-levy/digdeeper Animator's website: https://www.instagram.com/anton_bogaty ---------------------------------------------- Thank you so much to our patrons for your support! Without you this video would not be possible! Thomas Mungavan;Jaron Blackburn;Venkat Venkatakrishnan;ReuniteKorea;Aaron Henson;Rohan Gupta;Begum Tutuncu;Brian Richards;Jørgen Østerpart;Tyron Jung;Carsten Tobehn;Katie Dean;Ezgi Yersu;Gerald Onyango;alessandra tasso;Doreen Reynolds-Consolati;Manognya Chakrapani;Ayala Ron;Eunsun Kim;Phyllis Dubrow;Ophelia Gibson Best;Paul Schneider;Joichiro Yamada;Henrique Cassús;Karthik Cherala;Clarence E. Harper Jr.;Vignan Velivela;Ana Maria;Exal Enrique Cisneros Tuch;Tejas Dc;Khalifa Alhulail;Martin Stephen;Jose Henrique Leopoldo e Silva;Mandeep Singh;Abhijit Kiran Valluri;Morgan Williams;Devin Harris;Pavel Zalevskiy;Karen Goepen-Wee;Filip Dabrowski;Barbara Smalley;Megan Douglas;Tim Leistikow;Ka-Hei Law;Hiroshi Uchiyama;Mark Morris;Misaki Sato;EdoKun;SookKwan Loong and Bev Millar.;Education;head transplant;organ transplant;transplants;surgical transplant;surgery;neurosurgery;robert white;neurosurgeon;monkeys;monkey transplant;monkey head transplant;medical research;body transplant;ethics;ethical dilemma;mind body;mind body divide;gut brain connection;paralysis;spinal cord;als;brain cooling;bioethics;science;biology;medicine;medical experiments;consciousness;education;animation;anton bogaty;max levy;TED;TED-Ed;TED Ed;Teded;Ted Education