Well, science has finally created zombies...

Professor Smooth · Post by **Professor Smooth** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 3:34 am

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15 ... 62,00.html

The link is worth clicking for a picture of the creature, but if you're so lazy that you simply can't be arsed to make one more click...

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

Kup_1 · Post by **Kup_1** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 4:34 am

That...

Is the freakiest thing I've read in a while....

Shanti418 · Post by **Shanti418** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 4:34 am

Let's see here....*looks down list of signs of the Apocalypse*.......locust swarms, nope......massive natural disasters, already checked......ah yes, here was are, science invents zombies! *check*

shaxper · Post by **shaxper** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 4:51 am

You know they combed the photo archives, looking for the scariest f-ing picture of a dog that they could use with this article: "Give me something that says 'zombie dog'. No, that's not quite 'zombie' enough."

I fail to see the scientific use of this. They're talking about using the procedure to save battlefield casualties and such, but what battlefield medic has a special saline solution refrigerated at just a few degrees above freezing on them?

Gekigengar · Post by **Gekigengar** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 5:21 am

c'mon this is liberal biasism (IMO), on anything good that comes out, the press must make or use something bad to make it good for the paper... (if you just followed what I typed, good for you, because I sure don't).

btw, pls. be sure that everyone have 12 gauge dbl barreled shotguns, fragmentation/incinidary grenades and flamethrowers available for pesonal use.

seriously though, this can be a major medical break through in saving people's lives... though the headline tag and image could use a little work to make it sound like a good thing, rather than a bad one.

Post by **snarl** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 5:58 am

I'd stroke their zombie asses backwards, see how they liked that.

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 8:33 am

(at both the article and Snarl)

KingMob · Post by **KingMob** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 9:34 am

I love the "Boffins" in the title and the text under the pic.

In the name of Science, I compel thee!

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 11:31 am

Professor Smooth wrote:http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15 ... 62,00.html

The link is worth clicking for a picture of the creature, but if you're so lazy that you simply can't be arsed to make one more click...

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

During 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.

Genius.

I'm still very very scared tho.

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 11:33 am

thats ******* wicked!

Obfleur · Post by **Obfleur** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 11:46 am

"So, Mr. Andersson. Do you want to be cremated when you pass away?"
"[composite word including 'f*ck'] no. I wanna be a zombie!"

saysadie · Post by **saysadie** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 9:12 pm

Huh, if it's true that's kinda ******. But interesting.

And if not, it's fairly entertaining!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 10:06 pm

Irrr Lrrrvz TrnzzFnzzz!

jboyler · Post by **jboyler** » Sat Jul 09, 2005 10:06 pm

what battlefield medic has a special saline solution refrigerated at just a few degrees above freezing on them?

As an Army 'combat lifesaver,' I can tell you that most Army units aren't going to be equipped with anything more than bandages, splints, and a couple of IVs. A 'combat arms' unit with dedicated medics would be better off, but no unit is going to lug around a big refrigerator like this.

A medic's job is to keep people alive until they can get to a hospital. For gunshot wounds this means applying bandages and often a tourniquet, which of course stops the bleeding but does nothing to actually repair the wound.

Once an injured person makes it to the hospital, they go through what's called triage. Essentially the doctor makes a judgement call on whether a person can be fixed, or whether they are so badly hurt that they can't be helped. This is a matter of the number of casualties, the size of the medical facility, and of course time.

So if this technique can be perfected, a casualty could be given a battlefield patch-up and sent to hospital, where he could be kept on ice until a doctor has the time and equipment to be able to give him proper medical care. Depending on how long he can be frozen, it might even be possible to move a person to specialized hospital in the States or another country, where non-military specialists can take care of him.

-J

Señior's Covenant · Post by **Señior's Covenant** » Mon Jul 11, 2005 1:22 pm

Hmm....

...zombies...

...

Seriously though, if jboyler's account is any indication, this could one day have practical uses. Though I personally see it as just one more step made by man to attempt immortality in some way.

....braaains......

Orion Pax · Post by **Orion Pax** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 12:19 am

#3 on my list of what I want to see in my lifetime. CHECK!

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