Pig brains partially revived four hours after death

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The researchers found synapses – the connections between brains – were working

The study, published in the journal Nature, showed a reduction in brain cell death, the restoration of blood vessels and some brain activity. Prof Nenad Sestan, a professor of neuroscience at Yale University, said: “Cell death in the brain occurs across a longer time window that we previously thought. Prof Tara Spires-Jones, deputy director of the Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences at the University of Edinburgh, said: “This study is a long way from preserving human brain function after death as portrayed in the cartoon Futurama where heads were kept alive in a jar.

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