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Scientists Restore Some Function In The Brains Of Dead Pigs

The image on the left shows the brains of pigs that were untreated for 10 hours after death, with neurons appearing as green, astrocytes as red and cell nuclei as blue. The image on the right shows cells in the same area of brains that, four hours after death, were hooked up to a system that the Yale University researchers call Brain<em>Ex</em>. (Stefano G. Daniele and Zvonimir Vrselja, Sestan Laboratory, Yale School of Medicine)
The image on the left shows the brains of pigs that were untreated for 10 hours after death, with neurons appearing as green, astrocytes as red and cell nuclei as blue. The image on the right shows cells in the same area of brains that, four hours after death, were hooked up to a system that the Yale University researchers call BrainEx. (Stefano G. Daniele and Zvonimir Vrselja, Sestan Laboratory, Yale School of Medicine)

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