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[–] teatime 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

They only hooked up the blood supply for the monkey head. Part of the reason it had to be euthanized was because the spinal cord wan't reconnected. That's kind of the most difficult part of the whole transplant and so they truly accomplished nothing. Doctors can already keep body parts alive by using arteries on healthy parts of your body.