Scientists have called it impossible, stupid and even homicidal. But Dr Sergio Canavero is determined to make history by fusing the head of a 30-year-old with a terminal muscle-wasting disease on to a new body.
Despite its many detractors, the doctor’s grisly scheme has a strong precedent. But the litany of failures and ghastly successes should surely give our modern-day Frankenstein pause for thought.