Surgeon cuts, successfully rejoins spinal cords of 9 mice
Italian neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero, famed for his plans to perform the first human head transplant, has now claimed to have severed spinal cords of 15 mice which were then surgically reattached. Nine mice, reconnected with a special "glue" were able to move after 28 days while six mice treated with saline didn't recover. However, all mice died within a month.