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Medical technology has seemed to advance enough so that doctors are able to

perform brain transplants. So far this procedure has only been successfully

performed on animals, and now doctors hope to perform this procedure on humans.

I believe brain transplants should not be performed at all, and especially not

on humans because of the numerous problems and side effects that could arise.

Even though brain transplants can be successfully performed on animals,

this does not mean that it will be successful with humans. The human brain is

much more complex than the brain of animals, so there will be many more

complications during surgery. For example, the healthy brain that was removed

could have been damaged in some way without the doctors knowing it. It would

also be very difficult to attach a person's brain in a different body because of

the millions of neurons that send and receive messages to and from all over the

body. It would be almost impossible to

Medical technology has seemed to advance enough so that doctors are able to

perform brain transplants. So far this procedure has only been successfully

performed on animals, and now doctors hope to perform this procedure on humans.

I believe brain transplants should not be performed at all, and especially not

on humans because of the numerous problems and side effects that could arise.

Even though brain transplants can be successfully performed on animals,

this does not mean that it will be successful with humans. The human brain is

much more complex than the brain of animals, so there will be many more

complications during surgery. For example, the healthy brain that was removed

could have been damaged in some way without the doctors knowing it. It would

also be very difficult to attach a person's brain in a different body because of

the millions of neurons that send and receive messages to and from all over the

body. It would be almost impossible to

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