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Brain Transplant - College Essays

Brain Transplant

Medical technology has seemed to advance enough so that doctors are able to
perform s. So far this procedure has only been successfully
performed on animals, and now doctors hope to perform this procedure on humans.
I believe s should not be performed at all, and especially not
on humans because of the numerous problems and side effects that could arise.

Even though brain transplants can be successfully performed on animals,
this does not mean that it will be successful with humans. The human brain is
much more complex than the brain of animals, so there will be many more
complications during surgery. For example, the healthy brain that was removed
could have been damaged in some way ...

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A person with
a different brain would seem to be a total stranger and in many ways they would
be. Hopefully these dangerous side effects will convince doctors not to perform
this procedure on humans.

The advancement of technology can be very beneficial to everyone, but I
do not believe that this medical technology of brain transplants will help
anyone. We were all born with one brain and through childhood to adolescence
our mind developed into who we are. No one should steal our identity from us,
even if we are seriously injured, and change it to a completely new one. Also
for the people who have died with healthy brains, that was their identity and it
should not be given to anyone else.

Another problem with brain transplants is how can doctors choose what
are "healthy" or "normal" brains. An elderly person who has died would have an
aged brain that would not be as efficient as a younger person's brain. Then
would doctors have to find healthy brains of the same age as the ...

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Added: 12/21/2008 02:30:48 PM
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