Sorry to ruin your Resident Evil related fun, but the so called "zombies" of Resident Evil are not. Zombies are renaimated dead. The Resident Evil Zombies (REZ from now on) have be infected with the T Virus. The T Virus is a parasite. It uses creatures as a host feeding off of them from the inside out. The parasite may mutate the host. The parasite may also bust out of the host at a time. The REZ are given zombie like characteristics because of the parasites effects on the host. Parasites don't know how to work a human! So of course they walk funny. The REZ feed off of humans to feed the parasite inside. The mutations can be explained by putting it simply, the parasites obviously controll the brain. So they must controll the involentary functions of the the brain. They might not be so involentary now though. So the parasite just released hormones or something of the sort to alter the host to better suit it's needs. So to conclude, this article is interesting, provacative (I cannot wait to show my friend who is deeply Catholic), and a tiny bit disturbing. They have made honest to God zombies. No T Virus involved, real zombies. REZ, no. Zombie, yes. Umbrella, no. Pittsburgh's Safar Centre for Resuscitation Research, yes.
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Sorry to ruin your Resident Evil related fun, but the so called "zombies" of Resident Evil are not. Zombies are renaimated dead. The Resident Evil Zombies (REZ from now on) have be infected with the T Virus. The T Virus is a parasite. It uses creatures as a host feeding off of them from the inside out. The parasite may mutate the host. The parasite may also bust out of the host at a time. The REZ are given zombie like characteristics because of the parasites effects on the host. Parasites don't know how to work a human! So of course they walk funny. The REZ feed off of humans to feed the parasite inside. The mutations can be explained by putting it simply, the parasites obviously controll the brain. So they must controll the involentary functions of the the brain. They might not be so involentary now though. So the parasite just released hormones or something of the sort to alter the host to better suit it's needs. So to conclude, this article is interesting, provacative (I cannot wait to show my friend who is deeply Catholic), and a tiny bit disturbing. They have made honest to God zombies. No T Virus involved, real zombies. REZ, no. Zombie, yes. Umbrella, no. Pittsburgh's Safar Centre for Resuscitation Research, yes.