First full body transplant is two years away, surgeon claims

Doctor plans to graft a living person's head on to a donor body using procedures he believes will soon be ready

A surgeon says full-body transplants could become a reality in just two years.

Sergio Canavero, a doctor in Turin, Italy, has drawn up plans to graft a living person's head on to a donor body and claims the procedures needed to carry out the operation are not far off.