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The original was posted on /r/explainlikeimfive by /u/RealAsianPancake on 2023-08-11 04:05:46.


If there is a brain dead patient and a person with multiple failing organs, why is it not possible to transfer the brain to from patient to patient? I understand there are many ethical reasons to give somebody another’s body, but if both had given consent then would it be possible and if not why?