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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Alex Matthews-King

INSANE: Pigs brains partially revived four hours after death with synthetic blood machine | Rare Historical Photos

Immunofluorescent stains for neurons and cell nuclei in the brain: untreated for 10 hours after death (left) and subjected to perfusion with the BrainEx technology (right) ( AFP )

The brains of pigs have been reanimated by scientists after they had been dead for nearly four hours. 

Using a synthetic blood solution and pump which simulates the heart, researchers at America’s prestigious Yale University showed that brain cells presumed dead began showing signs of life, long after they were presumed unrecoverable.

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