I was watching this video on YouTube---> http://youtu.be/eSosT0Z_UvM?t=1m50s and it got me thinking. With the advancements in neuro surgery would it possible to take a head off of one person and transplant it on the body of another that was compatible and extend a person lifespan even further. The only reason we age is that the DNA in our bodies eventually breaks down to the point to where it can no longer repair itself and thus Grimm comes a knocking at your door, but with a new body (let's say early 20's) comes fresh blood and DNA and thus the ageing in your head become repaired (also let's hope one's brain doesn't succumb to Alzheimer's or Dementia) and reversed thus giving you more life----just on a different body. So my question is could something like this be possible someday and would you want to go through the process?

Wouldn't the DNA in the cells of the transplanted head have the same issue? The brain is an organ that has the same life span issues as all the rest of the cells do.

I never asked for this.

Just deflesh the head and add on metal or something.. and hey free barbacoa gained in the process.

Not unless I was bucking for president of the galaxy and needed to keep things from myself.

In which case I'd want a clone of my head grafted to my neck

1: You'll face the same limitation on a person average lifespan with the new body, you just be adding years to your brain mostly .

2: The brain is nothing but a big patch of nerves and neurons that mostly needs blood to survive, so I'm guessing all it would need to work properly is just fresh compatible blood from the new body to keep running unless it's gotten to a point to where disease has damaged it to where a transplant would be ineffective and a waste.

I do believe that with the new body your original DNA will be rewritten but it should be no different then when a person gets a new organ from a organ donor.

Sounds like cancer.