Scientists keep pigs' brains alive for 36 hours
April 28, 2018
US-based researchers have successfully kept alive the brain cells of decapitated pigs for 36 hours, sparking concerns over the ethics involved in such frontline research.
The MIT Technology Review said a team at Yale University led by neuro-scientist Nenad Sestan had carried out experiments on between 100 and 200 pigs sourced from an abattoir.
Sestan had presented the findings of the experiments, where his team restored blood supply to the dead pigs' brains, in late March to a conference organised by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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