eli5 : Why are there organs and limbs transplant but no brain and entire eye transplant?
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Nerves are REALLY difficult to deal with. They do mot regenerate easily like skin or muscle. Even something like limb reattachments do not give back the full capacity they had. Anything even more complex and delicate, like the brain (including eyes) or spine, is basically beyond our capabilities right now.
Not to mention that to extract the living brain, you’d need to keep it alive, and that’s difficult enough even when it’s INSIDE our skull. There’s a reason why an operating theatre has all that equipment and staff.
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