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Sergio Canavero’s patient is the Russian scientist Valery Spiridonov. The tech-scientist suffers from Werding-Hoffman disease.

Wedding-Hoffman is a rare neuromuscular disorder characterized by loss of motor neurons and progressive muscle wasting, often leading to early death.

“I’m constantly talking to Canavero. We exchange information and as far as I know he plans to reveal further details in September”, declared the scientist during a press conference.

“Of course, we are going to support his project, but we have to understand that this type of surgery works only in particular cases.”, added Spiridonov.

During the press conference that took place in Moscow, the terminally-ill scientist took the chance to launch his invention: his new autopilot wheelchair system.

The 36-hour surgery is set to take place in December 2017 and it has been estimated to cost £14 million.

According to Daily Mail, the experiment involves the body of the donor. The patient’s head would be attached to the new body using the glue-like substance called polyethylene glycol. The substance is supposed to fuse the two ends of the spinal cord together.

Cannavaro is an Italian neurosurgeon, who became famous in 2015 after he stated that he plans to perform the first human head transplant.

In the past, the controversial surgery has been successfully performed on animals.