David Andrzejevich is an associate research scientist in neuroscience at the Yale School of Medicine. He co-authored a recent study and you managed to restore key cellular functions in the cells of a pig that had been dead for an hour. Neil Grass-Tyson: David, I think Jesus made the first zombie and people didn't even realize. You're not called Jesus for zombie. So anyhow, neither you nor I have any expertise in this field.
Can we bring people back from the dead? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice discuss restoring dead cells, the nature of consciousness, Frankenstein's monster, zombies, and more with neuroscientist, David Andrijevic and consciousness expert, George Mashour.
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