if you have dementia is it possible to have a fake brain put in? – Secondary 11

Question: if you have dementia is it possible to have a fake brain put in?
- Keywords:
  artificial,
  brain,
  dementia,
  transplant
Asked by jhorsnall to Jemma, John, Katie, Lisa on 2 Jul 2012.
- Lisa Fitzgerald answered on 2 Jul 2012:
  
  Hi @jhorsnall,
  
  that is an interesting question as each day more and more people are diagnosed with dementia. We have not yet developed replacement brains and unfortunately not even fully understood the causes of dementia which restricts our ability to develop treatments cures and prevention medicines. Maybe thats something you could look at working on when you leave school…
  
  Lisa

spacenut commented on 3 Jul 2012:

Is it possible to have a brain transplant plant, not necessarily on a dementia patient but for example someone who had brain cancer for example? If so how would their personality change?

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Question: if you have dementia is it possible to have a fake brain put in?