Resurrection beyond cellular disintegration is simply impossible. However, when a person dies, cell death itself isn’t instant. Researchers are taking advantage of a timed window during which they can ...

Remember those undead pig brains from the Before Times? In 2019, a team of Yale School of Medicine researchers gave us all nightmare fodder when they restored some electrical function and cellular ...

Within minutes of the final heartbeat, a cascade of biochemical events triggered by a lack of blood flow, oxygen, and nutrients begins to destroy a body’s cells and organs. But a team of Yale ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- Researchers at Yale University say they have been able to restore blood circulation and other cellular functions in pigs a full hour after the animals' deaths, suggesting that ...

It takes only minutes after ischemia (insufficient blood supply) for cellular processes such as intracellular acidosis and swelling to develop, triggering injury to membranes and organelles. The end ...

On December 9, 2013, 13-year-old Jahi McMath was checked in to Oakland Children’s Hospital in California for a routine tonsillectomy. She had sleep apnea and her parents believed that having her ...

Researchers have found that decay of tissues after death can be halted and cell functions restored based on early experiments in pigs that may eventually help increase the number of transplantable ...

Editor’s Note: This is one of Popular Mechanics’ greatest stories. It was initially published in December 2022. On December 9, 2013, 13-year-old Jahi McMath was checked in to Oakland Children’s ...

Researchers have developed a system that can halt or reverse cell damage. They hope it will prevent cell death in organs needed for transplant surgery. Organ transplantation is an incredibly tricky ...

Within minutes of the final heartbeat, a cascade of biochemical events triggered by a lack of blood flow, oxygen, and nutrients begins to destroy a body's cells and organs. But a team of Yale ...