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AylaDoesntLikeYou OP t1_izx1vcg wrote
"Is death reversible? It was this year for several pigs (or, at least, for their organs). By pumping an experimental substance into the veins and arteries of animals that had been lying deceased for an hour, Yale researchers got their hearts to start beating again. The technology is “very far away from use in humans,” Stephen Latham, a bioethicist at Yale University, told The New York Times. In the short term, scientists said, they hope that their research could help doctors preserve the organs of the recently deceased for use in transplants.
But the longer-term implications of the experiment can’t be ignored: If we have the power to reanimate the heart or other organs of the recently deceased, at what point might we be able to reverse sudden deaths? Could we revive soldiers who bleed out on the battlefield? Could we stock hospitals and nursing homes with buckets of the stuff to resuscitate patients? Should every future American household keep some on hand in the event of a terrible accident?
These questions thrust us into the ethical realm and invoke spooky references to “The Monkey’s Paw,” Pet Sematary, and any number of stories about the dark side of trying to design an escape hatch from mortality. Perhaps, as this technology improves, that debate is on its way. But for millions of people who have lost loved ones to, say, a sudden heart attack or stroke, it’s not remotely dystopian to imagine an injection that could reverse tragedies long considered irreversible."
I enjoyed this commentary perspective and wanted to show it, even though this article is relevant to several other subjects as well.
Consider the idea of suspended animation also, or cryo-pods, if we could kill the body per say, keep it frozen without damaging the tissue, and then reanimate the body with this technology. Sleep pods could be a reality like from Futurama, and other sci-fi movies which use it for long term hibernation.
An article pertaining to the subject entirely: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-02112-0
BobbySweets t1_izyzh1x wrote
Zombies or Frankensteins monster is what I got from this.
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