Ravenwood - 06/28/05 08:00 AM
Scientists are too busy asking themselves if they could, when they ought to be asking themselves if they should.
SCIENTISTS have created eerie zombie dogs, reanimating the canines after several hours of clinical death in attempts to develop suspended animation for humans.If George Romero's visions are at all accurate, I'm happy to report that I have enough guns and ammo to handle any zombies that cross my threshold.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.
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Would you volunteer for that study?
Die for three hours and be brought back to life? For the travel costs incurred and doctor's visits during the studies?
Posted by: Brian J. at June 28, 2005 7:10 AMThat's funny, Dawn of the Dead was produced in the suburbs of Pittsburgh.
Posted by: John at June 28, 2005 7:24 AMThose aren't zombies....they're vampires!
Posted by: Thibodeaux at June 28, 2005 12:06 PMThat's great. I'm really excited about this story. It's one step closer to proving the worth of cryonic suspension. For more information on cryonics
Ultimately, this could mean that a person with a terminal illness could be frozen just before death. Then, 10, 20, 30 years down the line when I cure is found for their disease, they can be cured, revived, and then live out a healthy enjoyable life. I think that this is a great goal to strive for.
Posted by: Wesley at June 28, 2005 12:55 PMWesley,
Just what we need.. people coming back from the dead, asking for their social security check.
Posted by: Ravenwood at June 28, 2005 5:41 PMhehe...well, then we should abolish social security first. If I want to live forever then I will take responsibility for paying for my own living expenses.
Posted by: Wesley at June 28, 2005 5:45 PMExactly what i was thinking ravenwood.....
Hmm, it would be kinda cool to meet my g-g-g-g-g-grandpa from the civil war.....
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