This chapter explores an experiment where a solution called profuseate is injected into dead pigs to revive their cells and organs. The solution shows promising results, with cells appearing alive and electrical activity observed in the heart cells.
This Halloween, we look at how technology is forcing us to ask: When is someone actually dead? And we look into research that is raising a further question: Could death someday be reversible?
This episode originally ran on November 22, 2022.
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