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U.S. Scientists Create Zombie Dogs
Alex_Ionescu writes "U.S. scientists have managed to revive dead dogs to life, by using a technique similar to cryogenation, in which the dogs' blood was drained and replaced by a cold, saline liquid. A couple of hours, their blood was replaced, and an electric shock brought them back to life with no brain damage. The technology will be tested on humans within the next year."
The article is somewhat light on facts. From what I recall, during drowning or suffocation, brain damage occurs in humans quite soon (10 minutes?). How is it that this process negates the lack of oxygen to the brain, allowing no damage to occur? Is it the temperature of the liquid used for replacing the blood?
Also, the article has "Although the animals are clinically dead, their tissues and organs are perfectly preserved." followed immediately by "Damaged blood vessels and tissues can then be repaired via surgery." So, which is it?
I suppose we'll have to wait for a real scientific journal to publish this before we find out much more.
Also, another attempt at hibernation, this time in mice, using a different method involving hydrogen sulfide gas.
on some level it really bothers me that slashdot carries some of the same stories as the drudge report. On another level it bothers me that the drudge report has these stories FIRST.
(sigh)
Oh man... I can see the flood of Resident Evil jokes now...
You would rather die?
I really didn't need that bloody Cujo-esque picture to go with that article, especially when it's late at night and I'm five minutes off of going to bed.
No, It'll be death by taxes, I'll take a chunk of money to live forever.
The grass is only greener, if you don't take care of your own lawn.
An "unnamed US battlefield doctor" is quoted?
No medical journal publication?
No details?
Unknown "research" center?
READY TO TEST ON HUMANS IN A YEAR? BULLSHIT. Never would happen. Not in a year, not from one dinky study.
And cold blood would damage the tissues. And I can't imagine how the dog's mind would survive intact, but that's just me.
they could just pay them a whole lot of money.
A lot of people would take the risk if it meant being a multi-millionaire.
Even more of there spuse gets them money wether or not the person survives.
I mean, live in squalar, knowing you can't give the best to your kids, ort die but knowing your kids will be able to bebetter taken care of?
The Kruger Dunning explains most post on
Just look at a list of other stories they are currently covering
:)
12-year-old girl gets divorce
Goats recruited to fight bushfires
Scientists create robot lobster
The most dangerous day of the week
Cookie trail leads to suspects
Soldiers steal tank to buy vodka
Bonking, brawls and booze
Man gets $2600 for plaster Jesus
New shop to turn away the rich
Sticky stunt's disastrous end
Drop the story and move on
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Funniest. Comment. EVAR.
I suppose the serious answer to your question is that they can formulate controlled tests to observe and record the dog's behavior and response to stimuli, both before and after the experiment, and note any discrepancies. (i.e. when presented with a piece of his own shit, the dog chowed down on it before the experiment, but did not do so afterwards.)
With all the experimentation that's already done on dogs, I don't doubt there's already a standard battery of tests to gauge their neurological function.
"The advanced societies of the future will be driven by competing systems of psychopathology." -JG Ballard
Overly dramatic title AND REALLY overly done image of dog showing fangs.
:D
What I would like to know is if they they took a few dogs...
one dog knows "tricks". ( knows how to shake, rollover, sit, laydown )
one that doesn't.
freeze them, reannimate them...
Then verify that the "smart" one still knows the tricks and the "dumb" one doesn't.
In addition they should test for personality changes. Most dog owners know the ways their dogs "personality"...
My two cents.
Personally, I have NO intentions of being frozen, it gets cold enough up here during winter.
I bet they're going to redefine "clinically dead" after finding out what is still going on undetected after their "deaths".
This sounds very, very questionable. I call BS.
... and the last words are "... said one battlefield doctor."
First off: What was the name of the doctor?
You mean to tell me this scientific breakthrough is being reported to the press, and the name of the scientist wasn't reported?
Secondly: Brought back to life with an electric shock?
What is this Young Frankenstein? You have to be kidding me.
Thirdly: Its being reported where?
Can we get some additional sources please? It did happen in the U.S. afterall.
Huh? You're a journalist reporting on a major scientific breakthrough and THAT'S YOUR ONE QUOTE!? Not even a name!? You've got to be kidding me.
Either this is absolute hogwash, or this journalist has the reporting skills of a nine year old.
Either way... I'll wait for better coverage before I get excited.
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Er.
Okay, that vid's quite, quite fucked up.
Granted a goldfish doesn't exactly have many braincells to bang together, but that's really rather disturbing.
Isn't this a proof for the (non) existence of the soul?
There is already no evidence for the religious concept of the 'soul'. If you are trying to convince a believer, don't bother. They do not believe based on evidence. The belief in magical, invisible, undetectable, but all-powerful entities is not based on science or anything resembling scientific, logical thinking. It is based on fairy tales usually 'learned' at an age before most humans are able to think critically. If you really want to convince a believer you will need to use a powerful emotional argument, not an evidence-based logical one. Their belief system is such that blind faith, especially in the face of contradictory evidence is considered a great virtue.
Quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it? That's what it is to be a slave.
Slashdot needs more nethack jokes. Apple fanboys need education after all!
Yeah, there's even more heartache for all of the not-so-perfectly-bred animals who die in animal shelters because people buy animals from breeders. Personally, I don't think that breeding of cats and dogs should be allowed until there are no unwanted animals in shelters.
It "seems" to shock the fish back to life, except the movie fades out just seconds after that. If you put electricity through a dead body, it will move. The fish jerks a little, but it doesn't swim around like it does at the beginning of the video. There's no fucking way that fish withstood all that co2. And if it did, its little fish balls would be shrunk out of existence from all the yellow5...or is it the yellow6?
The movie is fish snuff.