Major leap towards reanimation after death as mammal's brain preserved
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- A mammalian brain has been successfully preserved using a new technique, now offered to terminally ill individuals to potentially reconstruct their minds in the future.
- The preservation process involves immediate intervention after cardiac arrest, using aldehyde chemicals and cryoprotectants to maintain brain structure indefinitely.
- Testing on pigs showed excellent preservation of neural structures when the procedure began within 14 minutes of death.
- The goal is to preserve the connectome—the detailed map of neural connections—to potentially reconstruct a person's mind digitally or biologically.
- The technique raises philosophical questions about the definition of death and the possibility of 'virtual immortality.'
- Nectome is preparing to offer this protocol to terminally ill individuals in Oregon, involving physician-assisted death and immediate brain preservation.