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SCIENTISTS CREATE THE WORLD’S FIRST ZOMBIE

Researchers at the University of Minnesota’s Center of Cardiovascular Repair have reanimated the heart of a dead rat using a process known as decellularisation.

Literally washing away the dead cells with powerful detergents thus leaving only its empty shell. They then injected it with the heart cells of newborn rats and soaked it with a nutrient-rich solution. Eight days later, the world’s first zombie heart was alive… er undead.

The researchers say their next step will be to reanimate a pig’s heart, which unlike a rat’s is compatible for human transplants. [God help us all when zombie pig-men walk the Earth]

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5 comments for “SCIENTISTS CREATE THE WORLD’S FIRST ZOMBIE”

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    This is sooo scary! I swear if this turns backfires and turns people into night of the living dead…

    Posted by Angela | January 15, 2008, 3:12 pm
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    They’re coming to get you Angela…

    Posted by mARK pUTNAM | January 16, 2008, 2:24 am
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    This is all over the news today. I don’t know to think about it - is it good thing or bad.

    I guess it is good if you are dead and bad if you are still alive!

    Posted by webomatik | January 16, 2008, 8:37 pm
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    well it’s bad news if you’re a pig ;)

    Posted by mARK pUTNAM | January 17, 2008, 2:34 am
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    :death_wp:

    Posted by mARK pUTNAM | January 17, 2008, 11:16 pm

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