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BRAIN TRANSPLANTS FICTION OR REALITY?
Once upon a time Buck Rogers took "fictionalized" trips to the moon and science fiction stories dealt with interplanetary voyages. There were stories and films of mad scientists and doctors who transplanted parts of bodies from one human to another. Fiction to us then; reality today.
Who foresaw, until recently, that man would finally take that first step on the moon and orbit around that strange, once fictional land of Outer space''? We've seen the reality of transplants with the many heart and multiple organ transplants over the past few years.
"Change of Mind'', the Sagittarius Production from Cinerama Releasing Corporation, is the first film to deal with a subject as timely as today-the possibility and reality of the world's first brain transplant.
Ten years ago, a brain transplant would have been thought of as science fiction, but it is now, according to many doctors and scientists, a definite possibility. Dr. Christian Barnard, leading heart transplant pioneer, forecasts that he expects to perform a brain transplant operation. Such statements are not unusual. A leading British magazine, Nova, has reported that at a conference held last year in England, a bio-chemical engineer stated that he foresaw the replacement of every part of the body as a possibility within 20 to 30 years!
There are still many problems of brain surgery--the danger of brain damage because of loss of blood. (It has been reported that doctors feel this can be allayed by reducing the temperature of the body.) There is the problem of linking the many brain cells to the spinal cord and, of course, the brain must be of the correct tissue type.
As the reality comes nearer, studies and reports continue. This year it was reported by an American researcher that brain tissue can regenerate itself.
Each new discovery uncovers new questions. Does the transplanted brain tissue carry over characteristics of the original donor? After the transplant, is the person as he was before or does he inherit the thoughts, dreams and wishes of the donor?
One researcher has stated: ''There is absolutely no reason why transplant
ation of brain tissue should not result in a transfer of behavorial character
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Truth or fiction? In the accelerated Jet Age in which we live, we've learned there's more truth than fiction.
Change of Mind'' tells the story of that first brain transplant and gives some of the answers being asked today. It stars Raymond St. Jacques, Susan Oliver, Leslie Nielsen, Janet MacLachlan, and features Donnelly Rhodes. Directed by Robert Stevens, and co-produced and co-authored by Seeleg Lester and Richard Wesson, with Henry S$. White, executive producer, ''Change of, Mind!!
has an original musical score by Duke Ellington.