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

Pig experiment raises ethical questions around brain damage

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Read about solving the riddle of women's cancers, understanding the metastatic process, tailoring treatments for the unique challenges of AYA cancers, and more in the latest issue of Medicus!

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The Heart, Lung and Blood Summer Research Program is designed to engage 12 diverse undergraduates and 8 medical students in state-of-the-art biomedical research in cardiovascular, pulmonary, hematological and sleep disorders research.

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