Editing Brain transplant (section)

{{Distinguish|Head transplant}}
{{Short description|Theoretical medical procedure in which the brain is placed into a different body}}
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{{More citations needed|date=September 2009}}
[[File:Human brain in a vat.jpg|thumb|A [[human]] brain in a jar.]]
A '''brain transplant''' or '''whole-body transplant''' is a procedure in which the [[brain]] of one organism is transplanted into the body of another organism. It is a procedure distinct from [[head transplant]]ation, which involves transferring the entire head to a new body, as opposed to the brain only. Theoretically, a person with complete [[organ failure]] could be given a new and functional body while keeping their own [[personality]], [[memories]], and [[consciousness]] through such a procedure. [[Neurosurgeon]] [[Robert J. White]] has grafted the head of a [[monkey]] onto the headless body of another monkey. [[Electroencephalography]] (EEG) readings showed the brain was later functioning normally. Initially, it was thought to prove that the brain was an [[immune privilege|immunologically privileged]] organ, as the host's [[immune system]] did not [[Immune response|attack]] it at first,<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/45154/what-would-happen-in-a-brain-transplant-personalities-bodies-and/ |title = What Would Happen in a Brain Transplant? |first=Cecil |last=Adams |date=20 December 2013 |work=Washington City Paper}}</ref> but [[immune rejection]] caused the monkey to die after nine days.<ref name="dichotomistic.com">{{Cite web |url=http://www.dichotomistic.com/mind_readings_head_transplant.html |title=head transplants |first=John |last=McCrone |access-date=20 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150228155418/http://www.dichotomistic.com/mind_readings_head_transplant.html |archive-date=28 February 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>