ReAnima Project: first step in bringing humans 'back from the dead' wins approval

Scientists seeking to bring the brains of dead people back to life have won approval for a groundbreaking trial.

ReAnima Project: first step in bringing humans 'back from the dead' wins approval 1462320931404

ReAnima Project: first step in bringing humans 'back from the dead' wins approval 1462320931404

A biotech company has been granted ethical permission to find 20 patients who have been declared clinically dead from a traumatic brain injury, to test, with their families' consent, whether parts of their central nervous system can be regenerated.

Researchers will inject the patients' brains with stem cells twice a week and with a daily cocktail of amino acids, as well as using lasers and nerve stimulation techniques which have been shown to bring people out of comas.

The patients will have been certified dead and only kept alive through life support.

The treatment will run over six weeks and they will be monitored for several months using brain imaging equipment to look for signs of regeneration, particularly in the lowest region of the brain stem, which controls independent breathing and heartbeat.

The team from Bioquark, a US company, believes that the stem cells may be able to re-start life - in a similar process to that seen in creatures like salamanders, which can regrow entire limbs and can regenerate substantial portions of their brains after injury.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/reanima-project-first-step-in-bringing-humans-back-from-the-dead-wins-approval-20160503-golllq.html#ixzz47lLdLePs

ReAnima Project: first step in bringing humans 'back from the dead' wins approval

ReAnima Project: first step in bringing humans 'back from the dead' wins approval

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