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EspiritdescaliMA to FuturologyEnglish · 2 years ago

Device keeps brain alive, functioning separate from body

www.utsouthwestern.edu

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Device keeps brain alive, functioning separate from body

www.utsouthwestern.edu

EspiritdescaliMA to FuturologyEnglish · 2 years ago
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Researchers led by a team at UT Southwestern Medical Center have developed a device that can isolate blood flow to the brain, keeping the organ alive and functioning independent from the rest of the body for several hours.
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    Did it maintain the same consciousness?

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      Hard to ask to the pig they used for the experiment 😅 I suspect we are talking of highly sedated brains anyway

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    So you have a brain completely disconnected from the world? Reminds me of a Metallica song

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    Sweeeeet!

    Manmade horrors beyond my comprehension!

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