Zombie Dogs!

[Richard M]

Unbelievable, some scientists have managed to bring dogs back to life after being dead for 3 hours:

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 a this should be enough to save lives such as battlefield casualties and victims of stabbings or gunshot wounds, who have suffered huge blood loss.

Duing 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.

Resident Evil, anyone?
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117...-13762,00.html
http://science.slashdot.org/article....tid=191&tid=14

[greencreeper]

Scary

[Richard M]

Could be similar to this I suppose, they kill a goldfish (I don't think the can of Mountain Dew really helped) then shock him with a 9v battery.
http://neistat.com/pages/video_holdi...sh_holding.htm

[Halcyon]

Ah yes that reminded me directly of Resident Evil.
Its pretty cool though.
Although wouldnt we be brain damaged due to no oxygen reaching the brain ?
It will be interesting to see how they progress in this.

[AndrewJ]

ITSSSS ALIVE IITTTTTTTSSSSSSSSS ALIVE.....



I'll get me coat.

[greencreeper]

Originally Posted by Halcyon

Although wouldnt we be brain damaged due to no oxygen reaching the brain ?

Cold slows the rate at which cells die.

If it's dead, it should stay dead. I don't really want to be coming back a few hours later wondering what happened to my harp/trident.

[bopdude]

Pet Cemetery anyone ....... scary stuff, no, not the film, boffins messin' with nature, scary but good IMO

[Jules]

Did any one else find that goldfish clip disturbing?


I can help feeling that we are pushing nature too far and it is going to fight back

[punky]

I can imagine the practical use for this is a bit limited. Especially for "battlefield casulties".

You have to put saline in at a few degrees above zero, but you have to keep it at that temp. You must have to keep circulating it in and out the body (into some cooler) to keep it cool. Can't see how that is practical in the middle of a warzone.

[Pierre]

I'd be happy to be frozen.

If I diagnosed with a terminal illness and given the option of dying or being frozen - I'd take frozen every time.

[Kliro]

Originally Posted by punky

I can imagine the practical use for this is a bit limited. Especially for "battlefield casulties".

You have to put saline in at a few degrees above zero, but you have to keep it at that temp. You must have to keep circulating it in and out the body (into some cooler) to keep it cool. Can't see how that is practical in the middle of a warzone.

Its a start though isnt it?? might be able to make a portable system in a few years?

Also would be of great benefit to people who die shortly after getting into hospital.

[Halcyon]

Too true.
If this can help people who have suffered lots of blood deprivation then it is a good thing for this use.

Now that is just, well, bloody scary stuff...

[dilli-theclaw]

I really don't know what to make of this.

MMMmmm