One surgeon's obsession with head transplants - Max G. Levy
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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
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Meet The Creators
- Educator
- Max G. Levy
- Director
- Anton Bogaty
- Narrator
- Addison Anderson
- Composer
- Greg Chudzik, Cem Misirlioglu
- Sound Designer
- Cem Misirlioglu
