This is reported by Ukrinform with reference to France24.

As noted, this work was a continuation of work by Yale University scientists, who in 2019 managed to restore the function of cells in pigs’ brains within hours of being decapitated.

This time, the team of scientists tried to spread this technology throughout the body. They caused a heart attack in the anesthetized pigs, which caused the blood flow in their bodies to stop, resulting in oxygen being delivered to the body cells and the pigs dying.

An hour after the animals died, their bodies were injected with a liquid containing the pigs’ own blood, as well as a synthetic form of hemoglobin and drugs that protect cells and prevent the formation of blood clots. The blood began to circulate again, and during the next six hours of the experiment many cells began to work, including vital organs such as the heart, liver, and kidneys.

“These cells were running hours later because they weren’t supposed to be, and that tells us that cell death can be stopped,” Nenad Sestan, senior author of the study and Yale researcher, told reporters.

Study co-author Stephen Latham said nearly all pigs made vigorous head and neck movements during the experiment. Despite this, the scientist emphasized that no activity was recorded in the brains of pigs, and suggested that they never regained consciousness after they died.

David Andreevich, co-author of the study, said the team hopes the technology, called OrganEx, can be used to save organs.

This technology is expected to save the lives of thousands of people who need donor organ transplants.

The technology could also enable new forms of surgery because it creates “more drug opportunities to correct the condition in the case of a lack of circulation,” said Anders Sandberg of the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University.

It’s believed that OrganEx technology could eventually be used to resurrect people, but this could increase the risk of patients returning to the point where they can’t live without life support, getting stuck in what’s called a “bridge to nowhere,” Brendan said. The parent is a bioethicist from New York University’s Grossman School.

As reported by Ukrinform, previous scientists from University College London have developed a new method of cancer treatment using MINIMA technology.