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Dead could be brought 'back to life' in groundbreaking project
The London Telegraph ^
| May 3, 2016
| Sarah Knapton, science editor
Posted on 05/03/2016 11:08:55 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
What you end up with is.... zombies!!
To: 2ndDivisionVet
"....future therapeutic development for other severe disorders of consciousness, such as coma, and the vegetative and minimally conscious states, as well as a range of degenerative CNS conditions, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease."Interesting trial. Hopefully they will succeed and extend their focus on serious stroke patients, too.
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posted on
05/03/2016 11:58:45 PM PDT
by
OneHun
To: dead
you should probably weigh-in on this matter....
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posted on
05/04/2016 12:01:24 AM PDT
by
Mad Dawgg
(If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
To: mountn man
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posted on
05/04/2016 12:04:12 AM PDT
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MUDDOG
To: Windflier
lol - I had already guessed you’d be here, lol.
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posted on
05/04/2016 12:04:17 AM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
A biotech company in the US has been granted ethical permission to recruit 20 patients who have been declared clinically dead from a traumatic brain injury, to test whether parts of their central nervous system can be brought back to life. How does one 'recruit' the 'clinically dead'?
After all, if their 'central nervous system' needs to be brought to back to life, how can it possibly comprehend the concept of consenting to an experimental procedure?
Not that this means the experiment shouldn't be done ... only that it shouldn't be framed in such unctuous ethical nonsense.
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05/04/2016 12:10:42 AM PDT
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cynwoody
To: MUDDOG
Doesn’t sound apllicable to old age. Old age is a brain injury either ongoing or waiting to happen or some of both.
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posted on
05/04/2016 12:15:29 AM PDT
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cynwoody
To: cynwoody
True, but not a “traumatic” injury.
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05/04/2016 12:20:32 AM PDT
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MUDDOG
To: kaehurowing
No, but this is how we get there.
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posted on
05/04/2016 1:03:47 AM PDT
by
setha
(It is past time for the United States to take back what the world took away.)
To: MUDDOG
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posted on
05/04/2016 1:04:17 AM PDT
by
urbanpovertylawcenter
(the law and poverty collide in an urban setting and sparks fly)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
05/04/2016 1:07:30 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(Hey now baby, get into my big black car, I just want to show you what my politics are.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
05/04/2016 1:12:32 AM PDT
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Jeff Chandler
(Ignore previous tagline.)
To: Secret Agent Man
Will they be able to revive Hillary from brain death?
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posted on
05/04/2016 1:18:47 AM PDT
by
Darteaus94025
(Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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05/04/2016 2:44:51 AM PDT
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Pollster1
(Somebody who agrees with me 80% of the time is a friend and ally, not a 20% traitor. - Ronald Reagan)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Since these people are already brain dead--meaning their brain is kaput and their soul has left the premises--I wonder what these researchers hope to gain from this?
At best, they could induce a new brain to grow in that body. That would make a new person. Depending on the source of the stem cells, that new person would be dramatically different. Plus, uneducated. There is a strong moral component to placing a new person in an old body--I'd call it extremely unethical. Then there is the practical component that this person would need to be educated--who wants to deal with an infant in an adult body, with all of the emotional outbursts and so forth?
Maybe for purposes of repairing badly damaged brains where the original person is still present--like Terri Schindler--this technique would have applications. We would still have to reeducate the person, and they would not be the same as prior to the injury. But replacing dead brains? I don't think we want to go there.
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05/04/2016 2:54:17 AM PDT
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exDemMom
(Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Zombies! It’s how it starts.
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05/04/2016 3:36:55 AM PDT
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MeanWestTexan
(Beware Obama's Reichstag Fire.)
To: Windflier
Sounds like it’s about the USA. We’re toast.
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05/04/2016 3:37:48 AM PDT
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MeanWestTexan
(Beware Obama's Reichstag Fire.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Give up. Cruz already dropped out!
...but there are others.
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posted on
05/04/2016 3:59:02 AM PDT
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grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
To: minnesota_bound
What if they brought a portion of the brain back just enough to allow realization of the situation with no ability to communicate or alter it. This is a horrible idea!
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posted on
05/04/2016 4:07:30 AM PDT
by
nclaurel
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