Boffins create zombie dogs

[Keeper00]

Boffins create zombie dogs
By Nick Buchan of NEWS.com.au
June 27, 2005

SCIENTISTS have created eerie zombie dogs, reanimating the canines after several hours of clinical death in attempts to develop suspended animation for humans.
US scientists have succeeded in reviving the dogs after three hours of clinical death, paving the way for trials on humans within years.

Pittsburgh's Safar Centre for Resuscitation Research has developed a technique in which subject's veins are drained of blood and filled with an ice-cold salt solution.

The animals are considered scientifically dead, as they stop breathing and have no heartbeat or brain activity.

But three hours later, their blood is replaced and the zombie dogs are brought back to life with an electric shock.

Plans to test the technique on humans should be realised within a year, according to the Safar Centre.

However rather than sending people to sleep for years, then bringing them back to life to benefit from medical advances, the boffins would be happy to keep people in this state for just a few hours,

But even a this should be enough to save lives such as battlefield casualties and victims of stabbings or gunshot wounds, who have suffered huge blood loss.

Duing the procedure blood is replaced with saline solution at a few degrees above zero. The dogs' body temperature drops to only 7C, compared with the usual 37C, inducing a state of hypothermia before death.

Although the animals are clinically dead, their tissues and organs are perfectly preserved.

Damaged blood vessels and tissues can then be repaired via surgery. The dogs are brought back to life by returning the blood to their bodies,giving them 100 per cent oxygen and applying electric shocks to restart their hearts.

Tests show they are perfectly normal, with no brain damage.

"The results are stunning. I think in 10 years we will be able to prevent death in a certain segment of those using this technology," said one US battlefield doctor.

[GETT1NLOTS]

Tests show they are perfectly normal, with no brain damage.

Amazing stuff.

The dog might be normal but he doesn't look very happy does he? Technology like this would have save Princess Diana's life I bet.

I'm going to bed.

[Winrew]

US scientists have succeeded in reviving the dogs after three hours of clinical death, paving the way for trials on humans within years.

Dunno if i like the sound of this Keeps
What happens if you owed money to some bugger and they came back.
On a serious note....its a bit bloody weird in a godlike way :yikes ....Nah..when yer gone ...yer gone.

[madaxeman]

these tests have already been done years ago on me and Komp,but substitute alchohol for saline solution and you get the idea

[GaNgStA kEeKs]

Originally Posted by Winrew

Dunno if i like the sound of this Keeps
What happens if you owed money to some bugger and they came back.
On a serious note....its a bit bloody weird in a godlike way :yikes ....Nah..when yer gone ...yer gone.

Why you worrying so much Win? Kill some cnuT you were due money and got away with it?

On a serious note though - things like this are best left alone i think. Scientists should be using their time on more important things in life than things like this.

I hate when i read about how scientists have worked out things like the formula to having a shit. Why can't they work out a cure for cancer instead of pointless and costly bullshit like this!! No pun intended!

[kompressaur]

aye donjt worry about it Winrew as Zombies are shite fighters. you just need to watch any of the classic zombie movies to see that one man usually can kill about 50 zombies before being bitten through a plater wall and becoming part of the undead horde of brain craving zombies.

I think them dog experiments are great but it does seem as if we're tinkering a bit too much and playing god imo

these tests have already been done years ago on me and Komp,but substitute alchohol for saline solution and you get the idea

aye you maybe Axeman. I aint spent 4 years of my life sitting in smoking and being off the drink for nothing you know

did you add that dog picture Keeper to make it scary looking? I bet the dogs are just nice wee pups and not mad and scary like that.

[Keeper00]

hit the link and you will see the same pic Komp. that is how the dog's look frozen it seems...could've been about to bite the scientist me thinks.