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When is dead really dead? Study on pig brains reinforces that death is a vast gray area

  • Written by Katharina Busl, Associate Professor, Neurology. Chief, Division of Neurocritical Care, Department of Neurology, University of Florida
When is dead really dead? Study on pig brains reinforces that death is a vast gray areaA recent study of the brains of decapitated pigs showed activity in their brains four hours later. Ivan Loran/Shutterstock.com

For the longest time, “death” used to be when the heart stopped beating and breathing stopped. Then, machines were invented in the 1930s that enabled people to receive air even if they could not take in the air...

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