But the findings of the trial, published in the journal Nature, show that the brains of pigs can have their blood flow and cell function restored even hours after death. The results were astonishing: the brains that received the artificial blood had basic cell function restored. "This is not a living brain, it is a cellularly active brain." The findings suggest that scientists may have underappreciated the brain's capacity for self-restoration after a patient is declared brain dead. VITAL IMPLICATIONSShe said researchers had inadvertently created an ethical grey area where the pigs used were "not alive, but not completely dead."

Source: Daily Nation April 18, 2019 09:22 UTC