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| 2005-06-28 |
| At least in dogs (and maybe Jackals?). Human trials in a few years. At first, I was going to suggest some jihadis for testing, but then again, who would want them other than permanently dead? SCIENTISTS have created eerie zombie dogs, reanimating the canines after several hours of clinical death in attempts to develop suspended animation for humans. US scientists have succeeded in reviving the dogs after three hours of clinical death, paving the way for trials on humans within years. Pittsburgh's Safar Centre for Resuscitation Research has developed a technique in which subject's veins are drained of blood and filled with an ice-cold salt solution. The animals are considered scientifically dead, as they stop breathing and have no heartbeat or brain activity. But three hours later, their blood is replaced and the zombie dogs are brought back to life with an electric shock. Plans to test the technique on humans should be realised within a year, according to the Safar Centre. However rather than sending people to sleep for years, then bringing them back to life to benefit from medical advances, the boffins would be happy to keep people in this state for just a few hours, But even this should be enough to save lives such as battlefield casualties and victims of stabbings or gunshot wounds, who have suffered huge blood loss. During the procedure blood is replaced with saline solution at a few degrees above zero. The dogs' body temperature drops to only 7C, compared with the usual 37C, inducing a state of hypothermia before death. Although the animals are clinically dead, their tissues and organs are perfectly preserved. Damaged blood vessels and tissues can then be repaired via surgery. The dogs are brought back to life by returning the blood to their bodies,giving them 100 per cent oxygen and applying electric shocks to restart their hearts. Tests show they are perfectly normal, with no brain damage. |
| Posted by:Jackal |
| #16 See, dad! I told ya! |
| Posted by: John Henry Williams: In the Tank Next to Dad 2005-06-28 16:58 |
| #15 "The name is Franken-STEEN! ... Class dismissed." |
| Posted by: Xbalanke 2005-06-28 16:55 |
| #14 Is space travel practical now? |
| Posted by: flash91 2005-06-28 12:43 |
| #13 "Oh, look honey - the dog is eating Junior's brain..." "What, you mean your whelp HAS one?" |
| Posted by: mojo 2005-06-28 12:06 |
| #12 This isn't funny |
| Posted by: Ted Williams 2005-06-28 11:15 |
| #11 BRAINS! |
| Posted by: BH 2005-06-28 10:07 |
| #10 BillH: Actually, at the end of the excerpt they say that the dogs are normal, with no brain damage. On the other hand, they probably had some seriously intense dreams about running across the frozen tundra. |
| Posted by: Jonathan 2005-06-28 10:00 |
| #9 {shudder} |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-06-28 09:53 |
| #8 I forwarded this to several of My friends and relatives and a couple came back with: Pet Semetary. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2005-06-28 08:33 |
| #7 Notice that they don't say how brain damaged the animals are or how much overall tissue damage they suffer. |
| Posted by: BillH 2005-06-28 07:57 |
| #6 It contains the elements necessary for a great horror movie... Werewolves in Meatlockers just waiting for the master one to warm them up |
| Posted by: 3dc 2005-06-28 02:37 |
| #5 I'll pass, for now. I would rather be Cyberized. Part starts going bad, replace it. I am too old to procreate even if Momma and I still had all the parts needed for our ends of the deal so Cyberization would be good enough for me. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom 2005-06-28 02:33 |
| #4 does PETA know about this? |
| Posted by: Rafael 2005-06-28 01:54 |
| #3 Not new News - the probs are that doesn't work as well in monkeys. |
| Posted by: josephmendiola 2005-06-28 01:47 |
| #2 This has "You first" written all over it. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-06-28 01:47 |
| #1 If you could find enough body parts to sew the jihadi back together again, it would be pretty good, especially if you sewed his legs on back-to-front and stuff like that. |
| Posted by: Yeahrrrrright 2005-06-28 00:55 |