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.
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here's the rest of that article, it's interesting in a sick, morbid sort of way:
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.
I have to say I fear the point where technology tricks nature too much 
I don't think it's healthy for humans to outlive their 'natural expiration date' (nor dogs for that matter) and I have serious doubts as to what 'no brain damage' really means. The instincts to eat, walk and pee may be in good state, the dog or human may remember it's past and recognise surroundings and people, however I don't believe the human mind survives death without scars. I think people may change significantly after such a process and not necessarily for the better.
When I die, nobody needs to revive me
I don't think it's healthy for humans to outlive their 'natural expiration date' (nor dogs for that matter) and I have serious doubts as to what 'no brain damage' really means. The instincts to eat, walk and pee may be in good state, the dog or human may remember it's past and recognise surroundings and people, however I don't believe the human mind survives death without scars. I think people may change significantly after such a process and not necessarily for the better.
When I die, nobody needs to revive me
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