Zombie Dogs

[Fearless Freep]

Boffins create zombie dogs

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.

[Master Blaster]

Looks like a fake article to me. The story is on news.au.com but nowhere else. Sorta along the lines of bonzai kitten.

[Vermin Boy]

Yeah, I'll second the skepticism. The fact that it's in Pittsburgh is a dead giveaway.

[Mr_Vindictive]

I'm just waiting for the half dogs.....................................


Come on, it had to be said!

[Mr_Vindictive]

Might not be as fake as we might think;

http://www.google.com/search?biw=1024&hl=en&q=Safar+Centre&btnG=Google+Search

[LH-C]

Holy crap, it's real - http://www.safar.pitt.edu/index.htm. It's part of the National Neurotrauma Society - http://www.edc.gsph.pitt.edu/neurotrauma/links.html



Post Edited (06-27-05 19:06)

[ToyMan]

yeah, i was gonna say, this story IS showing up on a lot of different sites, now...

[Fearless Freep]

Your favorite zombie movie...coming soon to a reality near you....