BBC:Ethics debate as pig brains kept alive without a body

[bronxiteforever]

Ethics debate as pig brains kept alive without a body
BBC April 27,2018

Researchers at Yale University have restored circulation to the brains of decapitated pigs, and kept the organs alive for several hours. Their aim is to develop a way of studying intact human brains in the lab for medical research.
Although there is no evidence that the animals were aware, there is concern that some degree of consciousness might have remained. Details of the study were presented at a brain science ethics meeting held at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda in Maryland on 28 March.
They discovered that he could restore their circulation using a system of pumps, heaters, and bags of artificial blood.
As a result the researchers were reportedly able to keep the cells in the brain alive and capable of normal activity for as long as 36 hours.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43928318

OMG.

[Luz]

1. There is also no evidence to show they weren't

aware either. Good lord, just no.

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. They did attach an EEG

At first, the Yale group was uncertain if an “ex vivo” brain to which circulation was restored would regain consciousness. To answer that question, the scientists checked for signs of complex activity in the pig brains using a version of EEG, or electrodes placed on the brain’s surface. These can pick up electrical waves reflecting broad brain activity indicating thoughts and sensations.

Initially, Sestan said, they believed they had found such signals, generating both alarm and excitement in the lab, but they later determined that those signals were artifacts created by nearby equipment.

Sestan now says the organs produce a flat brain wave equivalent to a comatose state, although the tissue itself “looks surprisingly great” and, once it’s dissected, the cells produce normal-seeming patterns.

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611007/researchers-are-keeping-pig-brains-alive-outside-the-body/amp/

[Matthew28]

2. Science rocks

I hope one day a brain of a human can be transferred into a newly dead body so the brain can continue to live.

It is probably the only way anyone will ever be able to live extra years....

I'll admit that robotics maybe able to do the same but we will see...

[Kirk Lover]

3. Star Trek episode..Return to Tomorrow. Or if you're into a body with no brain then ya got

episode, Spock's Brain.

[TheSmarterDog]

4. Needs a lot of butter, onions & green peppers, salt & pepper to taste

Scrambled eggs on the side.

and to hell with the cholesterol.

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. Just watched the movie "Transcendence" last night.

This makes me think of the scene where they talked about uploading the monkey's consciousness into a computer, and it did nothing but scream.

[Generic Brad]

6. Frankenpig!!

[OilemFirchen]

7. Meanwhile, in the U.S.,

ethicists debate the White House's decision to animate a pig's body without a brain for a full 15 months.

[rustydog]

8. Shit, now we'll never get rid of Trump...

[backtoblue]

9. Disturbing.

This is creepy.

[Le Gaucher]

10. In an opposite experiment .. a pig without brain was kept alive

It even became president of USA

[jcgoldie]

11. Meanwhile

There's a pig in the white house with no brains... seems like a perfect match...