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That is weird and creepy. @_@

That's... Horrifying...

eek It's the birth of the Umbrella corp!! Rapid zombie dogs will soon run wild in the streets, infecting others with their horrific zombie rabies!! gonk

We all knew this day would come, when science has finally grow to the point where we can kick the grim reaper in the nuts.

Only being dead for 3 hours shouldn't make them zombie dogs quite yet. 3 hours isnt long enough for the brain to really decompose and deteriorate. Now bringing back a body that's been dead for years...oh god, it would be like the movie Shaun of the Dead...but with me as the idiot.

Havent you ever seen Shaun of the Dead? All you need is a blunt object and a fat, lazy friend.

http://www.jtrauma.com/pt/re/jtrauma/abstract.00005373-200412000-00019.htm;jsessionid=CPJCqPufP8R2sgyw1cMETQFjKkUa7etHUujQ8w9vi3pVi2VC7HZr!1362100327!-949856032!9001!-1

"Suspended Animation Can Allow Survival without Brain Damage after Traumatic Exsanguination Cardiac Arrest of 60 Minutes in Dogs.

Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care. 57(6):1266-1275, December 2004.
Nozari, Ala MD, PhD; Safar, Peter MD, FCCM; Wu, Xianren MD; Stezoski, William S.; Henchir, Jeremy BS; Kochanek, Patrick MD; Klain, Miroslav MD; Radovsky, Ann DVM, PhD; Tisherman, Samuel A. MD, FACS, FCCM


Abstract:

Background: We have previously shown in dogs that exsanguination cardiac arrest of up to 120 minutes without trauma under profound hypothermia induced by aortic flush (suspended animation) can be survived without neurologic deficit. In the present study, the effects of major trauma (laparotomy, thoracotomy) are explored. This study is designed to better mimic the clinical scenario of an exsanguinating trauma victim, for whom suspended animation may buy time for resuscitative surgery and delayed resuscitation.

Methods: Fourteen dogs were exsanguinated over 5 minutes to cardiac arrest. Flush of saline at 2[degrees]C into the femoral artery was initiated at 2 minutes of cardiac arrest and continued until a tympanic temperature of 10[degrees]C was achieved. The dogs were then randomized into a control group without trauma (n = 6) or a trauma group (n = cool that underwent a laparotomy and isolation of the spleen before hemorrhage and then, at the start of cardiac arrest, spleen transection and left thoracotomy. During cardiac arrest, splenectomy was performed. After 60 minutes of no-flow cardiac arrest, reperfusion with cardiopulmonary bypass was followed by intensive care to 72 hours.

Results: All 14 dogs survived to 72 hours with histologically normal brains. All control dogs were functionally neurologically intact. Four of eight trauma dogs were also functionally normal. Four had neurologic deficits, although three required prolonged mechanical ventilation because of airway edema and evidence of multiple organ failure. Blood loss from the chest and abdomen was variable and was associated with poor functional outcomes.

Conclusion: Rapid induction of profound hypothermic suspended animation (tympanic temperature, 10[degrees]C) can enable survival without brain damage after exsanguination cardiac arrest of 60 minutes even in the presence of trauma, although prolonged intensive care may be required. This technique may allow survival of exsanguinated trauma victims, who now have almost no chance of survival.

(C) 2004 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc."



other links...

http://www.safar.pitt.edu/
http://www.pulmonaryreviews.com/may02/pr_may02_brain.html
http://www.post-gazette.com/lifestyle/20020331safar0331fnp2.asp