A pig's brain was revived an hour after it died

[boingboing]

Originally published at: A pig's brain was revived an hour after it died - Boing Boing

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[udqbpn]

So gonna ask the obvious question here, but wouldn’t a person have significant brain damage after an hour with no oxygen?

[mramsey]

I think the intent here was to find a way to preserve brain function for extended periods if the heart stops. I am, however, bothered by the suggestion that the pig passively “died” when it was almost certainly “killed” by the researchers.

[anon59592690]

How long until he was back on patrol?

[Gordon_Simpson]

That’s the beauty of it, the brains are removed at the start of training, and the piggy need not miss a day of work.

[anon59592690]

It’s all grunt work anyway.

[rightside-up]

Or to be less political;

[FloridaManJefe]

so, the finding is liver may help keep brain alive in event of cardiac arrest.

i’m fucked.

[rightside-up]

@FloridaManJefe

so, the finding is liver may help keep brain alive in event of cardiac arrest.

Wait, I don’t think it was about eating liver . . .

If so then I’d def be screwed too.

[stevev]

Unfortunately I’m reminded of the opening chapter of the novel Distress by Greg Egan, where they have developed limited brain-revival technology and police use it on murder victims to get clues about who murdered them, and a science journalist observes one of the interviews.

“All right, he’s dead. Go ahead and talk to him.”

Distress excerpt — Greg Egan

[hecep]

Don’t let Trump know about this.

[FGD135]

Didn’t we already discuss this a while ago in some thread or other?

[tcg550]

@boingboing

These results, the researchers say, suggest the liver plays an important role in the development of brain injury following cardiac arrest. The findings suggest new avenues for research into brain injury, and may, hopefully, improve survival rates and recovery outcomes for human patients in the future.

I predict the ability to revive a a patient after death from cardiac arrest will be perfected exactly 5 minutes after I’m buried.

[belovedvillain]

I think that the brain-“gut” connection here is super interesting. That connection is something that we are probably going to keep uncovering all sorts of incredible advances through.

The pig’s torture was a shame.

[newbrain]

@stevev

Distress by Greg Egan

Thanks,
In fact, I came here to post this!

[douglas_stuart]

Not without fava beans.

[FloridaManJefe]

i wasn’t talking about eating liver, in fact i love it.
i meant that if hope of brain survival relies on a healthy liver…
I’m fucked.

[rightside-up]

Sorry to hear that!

[anon59592690]

Deja Vu all over again?

[FGD135]

Well, I seem to remember that one aspect was whether the information stored in the brain was still intact or not, so… yes?