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Scientists restore blood flow and cell function throughout bodies of dead pigs

Scientists announced Wednesday they have restored blood flow and cell function throughout the bodies of pigs that were dead for an hour, in a breakthrough experts say could mean we need to update the definition of death itself.

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COULD DEATH BE TREATABLE? Sam Parnia of the NYU Grossman School of Medicine said it was "a truly remarkable and incredibly significant study". It showed that death was not black and white but rather a "biological process that remains treatable and reversible for hours after it has occurred", he said.