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An hour after pigs’ deaths, an artificial system restored cellular life
https://www.sciencenews.org ^
| Aug 3, 2022
| By Laura Sanders
Posted on 08/03/2022 12:11:29 PM PDT by Red Badger
Call it cellular life support for dead pigs. A complex web of pumps, sensors and artificial fluid can move oxygen, nutrients and drugs into pigs’ bodies, preserving cells in organs that would otherwise deteriorate after the heart stops pumping.
The finding, described August 3 in Nature, is preliminary, but it hints at new ways to keep organs in a body healthy until they can be used for transplantation.
In earlier work, scientists built a machine they named BrainEx, which kept aspects of cellular life chugging along in decapitated, oxygen-deprived pig brains (SN: 4/17/19). The new system, called OrganEx, pushes the approach to organs beyond the brain.
“We wanted to see if we could replicate our findings in other damaged organs across the body, and potentially open the door for future transplantation studies,” says Nenad Sestan, a neuroscientist at Yale University School of Medicine.
OrganEx aims to do the job of hearts and lungs by pumping an artificial fluid throughout pig bodies. Mixed in a 1–1 ratio with the animals’ own blood, the lab-made fluid has ingredients that provide fresh oxygen and nutrients, prevent clots and protect against inflammation and cell death.
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TOPICS: Agriculture; Business/Economy; Food; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: frankenstein
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To: Red Badger
If we could apply this to pork chops and ham, we’d never run out!
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posted on
08/03/2022 12:12:56 PM PDT
by
Alas Babylon!
(Rush, we're missing your take on all of this!)
To: All
Wonder what would happen if they add some lightning?
To: mmichaels1970
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posted on
08/03/2022 12:19:06 PM PDT
by
pierrem15
("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
To: Alas Babylon!
BACON FOREVER!..........................
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posted on
08/03/2022 12:20:40 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: pierrem15
Frankenpork
I was afraid you'd say that. Something like THAT happens and b'deh b'deh b'deh that's all folks.
To: Red Badger
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posted on
08/03/2022 12:23:11 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
08/03/2022 12:24:13 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Red Badger
I thought Megan McCain was the subject on a different thread.....
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posted on
08/03/2022 12:25:31 PM PDT
by
mund1011
(We can ignore reality, but we cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality)
To: Red Badger
When you bring up the fact that’s this can be your fate if you agree to organ donation you are called a fool…
How much money was pumped into this research…. You don’t think it was spent for pigs do you?
To: pierrem15
Zombie Bacon!.......................
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posted on
08/03/2022 12:28:50 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: mund1011
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posted on
08/03/2022 12:30:34 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
How long before, “Spiderpig, spiderpig. Does whatever a spiderpig does.”?
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posted on
08/03/2022 12:31:15 PM PDT
by
johnthebaptistmoore
(The world continues to be stuck in a "all leftist, all of the time" funk. BUNK THE FUNK!)
To: johnthebaptistmoore
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posted on
08/03/2022 12:32:28 PM PDT
by
johnthebaptistmoore
(The world continues to be stuck in a "all leftist, all of the time" funk. BUNK THE FUNK!)
To: johnthebaptistmoore
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posted on
08/03/2022 12:32:55 PM PDT
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dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Red Badger
It’s not really that new. A dozen or so years ago they brought Soros back to life (sans soul) after he was dead for a week. And Keith Richards at least a half dozen times.
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posted on
08/03/2022 12:33:27 PM PDT
by
robel
To: Red Badger
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posted on
08/03/2022 12:35:39 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Red Badger
In earlier work, scientists built a machine they named BrainEx, which kept aspects of cellular life chugging along in decapitated, oxygen-deprived pig brainsIn other words, Slow Joe still has a chance to finish his term with a bit of special surgery.
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posted on
08/03/2022 12:37:10 PM PDT
by
rfp1234
(Comitia asinorum et rhinocerum delenda sunt.)
To: mund1011
I thought Megan McCain was the subject on a different thread..... Or Liz Cheney.
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posted on
08/03/2022 12:37:13 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: johnthebaptistmoore
You done missed it!.........................
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posted on
08/03/2022 12:39:45 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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