I found another fascinating article about Dr. Canavero and his team, who plan to do a head transplant in December 2017.  First, this operation will include at least 150 doctors, nurses, technicians, etc., and will take 36 hours.  That sounds like a huge operating room. The linked article claims that the surgery team will use a super-sharp diamond blade. Once the patient's head is sliced, the head will have to be connected to the blood supply of the donor body within an hour. Wow, that seems l...