#brain transplant

[lifewithaview]

Joshua Jackson and Anna Torv in Fringe (2008) Grey Matters

S2E10

When a patient of a mental institution is submitted to an intriguing brain surgery and is left behind with his brain exposed, he surprisingly regains sanity. The Fringe Division is assigned to investigate the case and while Olivia and Peter check the surveillance footage, Olivia recognizes one of the men. She check the FBI file and finds his name as Thomas Jerome Newton, the leader of the shapeshifters that have stolen the frozen heads. They discover that the patient's doctor is Dr. Paris and there are two other patients sent to other mental institutions by the physician fourteen years ago. Soon they learn that the two patients have mysteriously recovered and the Fringe Division discovers they have been also submitted to brain surgeries. When Walter is submitted to a CT-scan, they find that three pieces of his brain were removed and implanted in the three patients. What is the intention of Thomas?

*The glyphs for this episode spell out: PORTAL

[evilhorse]

1990s era video game ads from the back of comic books.

[yikesattackpenicillin]

Wish brain transplants were real :( thabt would be so fucking cool

[vintagenews]

Source and details.

[the-helixverse]

Villain Profile: Iron Lung

The emergence of posthumans in 1951 brought with it a new revolution in biotechnology. Many prominent scientists, psychologists, biologists, physicians and others sought to use these to their fullest potential. One of them was Dr. Julius Leichtenberg.

Born in Hesse in 1937 and later immigrating to the UK, Leichtenberg was an aspiring neurosurgeon who attended the University of Oxford. His biggest influences were American neurosurgeon Robert White and Soviet organ donation pioneer Vladimir Demikhov.

Leichtenberg was fascinated by the idea of head and brain transplants, and believed it was possible to utilize this technology to save lives, whether it was preserving the brain or attaching it to a new body, either natural or artificial. The procedure had yet to be performed on a human and Liechtenberg and others were looking for willing subjects.

However, it was during this search that Leichtenberg, along with several other bystanders, were gravely injured in a fight between a posthuman criminal and police in the streets. The collateral damage left him so badly injured that being rendered quadriplegic was the best case scenario. It was more likely he would not survive.

Already a rather bitter man after facing criticism for his support of brain transplants, Liechtenberg's embitterment turned to spite and he decided to volunteer for his own work. With the help of thoroughly detailed notes and several assistants, he had his brain removed and preserved in solution and attached to a set of artificial sensory relays.

It would've been easy enough for Liechtenberg to simply find a donor body or have one grown for him and move on from there. But, after spending days, weeks and months fixating on his resentment- as well as possible unexpected psychological effects of being an isolated brain- he opted instead to pursue revenge.

The full details of what happened afterward is unclear, but Liechtenberg opted to have his brain preserved in a blast-proof canister and encased in an artificial body, which was then armed with various weapons and means for destruction. Early models were large, clunky and mechanical, which is where he earned his moniker in the press: "Iron Lung."

Iron Lung's primary M.O. is targeting posthumans, particularly those who try to use their abilities to make the world a better place, and either killing them or mutilating them to the point where they can no longer use them. He's shown no qualms about doing the same with other philanthropists, leaders, law enforcement or anyone else who gets in his way.

After numerous skirmishes, he's also gradually adapted his artificial bodies, upgrading them with new and better technology, weapons and equipment. He has now become a large, snake-like figure with a highly flexible body composed of synthetic muscle. He's also learned and employed a great deal of tactical skill, showing both proficiency in combat and the willingness to retreat when overwhelmed.

To date, no one has ever been able to capture him. The most that can be done is to cause him enough harm to force him to retreat and repair himself. With the only vital component of him being his brain, which is always hidden behind several layers of protection, the damage he can take is staggering. Efforts to stop him have gone so far have included RPGs, a Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne and an FV4201 Chieftain tank.

He also possesses and artificial voice that retains his native accent, and while it sounds disturbingly even throughout (comparable to HAL 9000), the more damage he takes, the more this voice distorts until it devolves into a loud series of electronic whirs and blaring.

Because of the viciousness of his attacks and the nature of his existence, head and brain transplants remain a contentious subject, although a handful have been performed in the years between Iron Lung's emergence.

[zoonlearn]

Beyond Science Fiction The Current Reality and Challenges of Brain Transplantation

https://zoonlearn.blogspot.com/2023/01/blog-post.html?m=1

[kentuckyangel-first]

How 'Bout Some Music?

Still just know how to put the video here. And still working on a way to get the lyrics as well. One thing at a time and baby steps as I go. Maybe by the time I’m 100 I’ll know how to do it all. Of course with arthritis taking my hands faster these days I won’t be able to use them 19 years from now. Would you believe my thumb and little finger on my right hand are now in splints? Who ever…

[agwnowb]

How 'Bout Some Music?

Still just know how to put the video here. And still working on a way to get the lyrics as well. One thing at a time and baby steps as I go. Maybe by the time I’m 100 I’ll know how to do it all. Of course with arthritis taking my hands faster these days I won’t be able to use them 19 years from now. Would you believe my thumb and little finger on my right hand are now in splints? Who ever…

[ohjesus]

Consider the blondes... how their brains do not spin nor toil, yet they still get through life by getting horny guys to do it all for them.....

[beasts-of-jadewood]

You should have had a brain transplant as an infant to save you from your obvious disability.

This is blatantly a personal insult but I do want to springboard off of it and discuss the idea of human consciousness preservation. See, it's in my opinion that if you're not okay with dying at this very moment (which most people reading this aren't) then you shouldn't be okay with dying any time at all. I believe that the ultimate goal of healthcare should be to destroy death and the ultimate goal of politics should be to create a world worth living forever in. So, going off of that train of thought, I think that the concept of "Is a digital upload of your consciousness still you or just a copy of you?" problem addressed in games like SOMA and TV shows like Invincible and Black Mirror can be easily addressed with, ironically, a brain transplant like this anon suggests. Now, I'm not talking about ripping someone's brain out entirely and replacing it because that's absurd, but I believe the solution should be to replace someone's brain piece by piece using electronic components until the entire brain is cybernetic and can connect to computer systems. This way, there is always at least one fragment of the person's original brain present in their head until the final few steps of the process, which should alleviate concerns over whether or not a digital version of someone's consciousness is still truly them. If there is never a "breakoff" point in which someone's consciousness goes from organic to digital, but instead there is a slow and gradual process, then there shouldn't be worries of someone simply dying while a clone of them wakes up in the digital world. It would be the same person all the way through because their brain is literally still there. Just something to consider.

[failed-inspection]

A while back I made this diagram about my thoughts on how an iterator puppet could hypothetically go off the string, while also trying to keep the idea that the superstructure is their body in mind, since I often feel that is very overlooked

TLDR I'd imagine since going off the string would require them to also get rid of like... 99% of their body they'd have to have something that could act as an anologue to all the parts they lost, but on a smaller and portable scale, most likely in the form of attaching the puppet to a creature via parabiosis, basically, hopefully that makes sense

Keep in mind this is all just opinion and theorizing!

[jensenasskl]

being a uterus haver and also neurodivergent is like okay is it my adhd symptoms? is it my autism symptoms? or is it my hormones?

trying to figure out which one is causing your shitty mood/day/current issue… is like wheel of fortune but except you’re in hell and blindfolded and also everything is on fire

[evilhorse]

The world would accept Hitler with your face than this old model!

(Captain America #212)

[rad-roche]

honest to god was going to make a post like i miss drawing garrett and have that be the end of it. what am i talking about. girl you (me) control the pencil just do it again

[arewebeholdingaman]

✅️ featherless

❎️ quadroped

My Mother's Dog is Not A Man!

[triptychofvoids]

Hey, here's another idea, Have ya ever attempted to switch your teammates Brains. Yknow good ol body switch. Would that even work? I have heard that organ transplants can alter someone's personality.

no no i cant be held accountable for what happened with that last time, it wasnt my idea in the first place-