We have always thought that the brain cannot be revived hours after death. But a team of scientists have recently shown that this could be a possibility. We speak to Dr Azlina Ahmad Annuar, a neurogeneticist, to learn more about this.

 

We have always thought that the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/apr/17/scientists-reboot-pig-brain-hours-after-animals-died-yale-university-researchers">brain </a>cannot be revived hours after death. But a team of <a href="https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/4/17/18410611/pig-brain-nature-study-revive-cell-death-brainex">scientists </a>have recently shown that this could be a <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/04/scientists-partly-restore-activity-dead-pig-brains/587329/">possibility</a>.&nbsp;We speak to Dr Azlina Ahmad Annuar, a neurogeneticist, to learn more about this. &nbsp;

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