- Scientists have restored cellular function in 32 pig brains that had been dead for hours, opening up a new avenue in treating brain disease. Researchers devised a system roughly analogous to a dialysis machine that restores circulation and oxygen flow to a dead mammal brain. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/04/pig-brains-partially-revived-what-it-means-for-medicine-death-ethics/ 6 comments science
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- Researchers are keeping pig brains alive outside the body | MIT Technology Review https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611007/researchers-are-keeping-pig-brains-alive-outside-the-body/ 116 comments
- Human-Pig Hybrid Created in the Lab—Here Are the Facts http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/01/human-pig-hybrid-embryo-chimera-organs-health-science/ 76 comments
- Restoration of brain circulation and cellular functions hours post-mortem | Nature https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1099-1 14 comments
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