• American Military Making Zombie Pigs. Humans Could Be Next
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[Quote][img]http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/dangerroom/2009/12/428341583_402dfb2615_o.jpg[/img] Around half of U.S. troop fatalities are caused by blood loss from battlefield injuries. Now, with another 30,000 troops deploying to Afghanistan, the Pentagon is pushing for medical advances that can save more lives during combat. The Defense Department’s latest research idea: Stop bleeding injuries by turning pigs into the semi-undead. If it works out, we humans could be the next ones to be zombified. Military’s mad-science arm Darpa has awarded $9.9 million to the Texas A&M Institute for Preclinical Studies (TIPS), to develop treatments that can extend a “golden period” when injured war fighters have the best chance of coming back from massive blood loss. Odds of survival plummet after an hour — during combat, that kind of quick evacuation, triage and treatment is often impossible. The institute’s research will be based on previous Darpa-funded efforts. One project, at Stanford University, hypothesized that humans could one day mimic the hibernation abilities of squirrels — who emerge from winter months no worse for wear — using a pancreatic enzyme we have in common with the critters. The other, led by Dr. Mark Roth at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, used nematode worms and rats to test how hydrogen sulfide could block the body’s ability to use oxygen — creating a kind of “suspended animation” where hearts stop beating and wounds don’t bleed. After removing 60 percent of the rat’s blood, Dr. Roth managed to keep the critters alive for 10 hours using his hydrogen sulfide cocktail. The next logical step: Try the same thing on pigs. They’ve got a similar cardiovascular system to humans, and TIPS researchers Theresa Fossum and Matthew Miller think they can accurately predict human results from the swine trials. Using anesthetized pigs, the doctors are testing various compounds, some containing hydrogen sulfide, to find one that can safely keep the hemorrhaging animals “as close to death as possible.” With a 15-person team working exclusively on the project, the institute anticipates successful results within 18 months. “Darpa wants this to happen yesterday, because it was needed yesterday,” Dr. Miller told Danger Room. Once the team comes up with the right elixir, it’ll undergo federally mandated safety testing. After that, the zombie vaccine will be sent to the battlefield for human application. Dr. Fossum predicts that each soldier will carry a syringe into combat zones or remote areas, and medic teams will be equipped with several. A single injection will minimize metabolic needs, de-animating injured troops by shutting down brain and heart function. Once treatment can be carried out, they’ll be “re-animated” and — hopefully — as good as new. From rats, to pigs, to troops — to civilians. Dr. Miller anticipates dozens of medical applications, including the preservation of organs before transplants and suspension of life-threatening emergencies, like heart attacks and strokes. “Everybody’s talking about the military use of this, and that’s our focus now,” he says. “But really, this could be much, much bigger than that.”[/Quote] [url]http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/12/pentagon-zombie-pigs-first-then-hibernating-gis/#more-20200[/url] And people say that all the military spending goes to useless things. This could save so many lives, military and civilian.
I sure hope animal rights activists don't bust in and release the infected pigs and cause 28 Days Later to become a reality.
And create a zombie invasion.
Let's hope all of those zombies don't go [i]hog[/i]wild and break out. :rimshot:
If all goes well, it all becomes hell.
They are not undead. They are just hibernating on the brink of death. Read the article. I guarantee none of you did.
I don't think this makes people want to eat brains silly.
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[QUOTE=Doug52392;18776255]I sure hope animal rights activists don't bust in and release the infected pigs and cause 28 Days Later to become a reality.[/QUOTE]Are you talking about the new certified terrorist group called PETA? :downs:
Hahaha. Zombie Pigs. That would make a great game.
I just realized, couldn't this also aid advances in long-term space travel?
the boomer
Zombie is such a stupid title for the article... They're going to have everyone thinking this is a joke news story, and/or fear mongering idiots into opposing it.
[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;18776400]Hahaha. Zombie Pigs. That would make a great game.[/QUOTE] As though Plants vs Zombies wasn't random enough
[QUOTE=redonkulous;18776315]They are not undead. They are just hibernating on the brink of death. Read the article. I guarantee none of you did.[/QUOTE] That's what they all say. It's all for some sort of project but ends up failing and infecting the whole world.
It's like the new morphine except it does more than just minimize pain.
That's like a computer game. "oh no I'm hit!" *pulls out syringe* *rams into leg* *restart next day*
[QUOTE=hl2poo;18776523]That's what they all say. It's all for some sort of project but ends up failing and infecting the whole world.[/QUOTE] except this is an enzyme that induces people to undergo dormancy nothing new and if we did all get infected somehow we'd just enter an eternal sleep or some shit until our body dies
[QUOTE=redonkulous;18776244] And people say that all the military spending goes to useless things. This could save so many lives, military and civilian.[/QUOTE] except it still does. these wars are pointless
So, assuming I read that right, if someone got infected zombie style, they we completely motionless? Real scary.
Reminds me of this: [url]http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/11/magazine/11ideas_section4-21.html[/url]
That's real fuckin' neato. Now all Americans need to worry about is choking on their blubber.
That's pretty bloody cool. Now more Troops will come back from the wars.
[QUOTE=Doug52392;18776255]I sure hope animal rights activists don't bust in and release the infected pigs and cause 28 Days Later to become a reality.[/QUOTE] God I laughed so hard picturing the scene where they free the monkeys replaced with pigs.
If we succeed, we can put people in suspended animation :q:
[QUOTE=Flitchaye;18776615]except this is an enzyme that induces people to undergo dormancy nothing new and if we did all get infected somehow we'd just enter an eternal sleep or some shit until our body dies[/QUOTE] No, that's what everybody says. It's just some fancy shmancy harmless experiment. All will be fine, nothing violent will happen, all that shit. Just you guys wait, it's going to end up a failure, it will become violent, it will be bloody, it will destroy, it will be the undead we've all seen and feared. You guys will be at home sitting on your computers visiting a forum mindlessly not caring about the world around them. I, on the other hand, will be setting up my fort with the free boxes I received from USPS. [url]http://www.usps.com/holiday/flatrates.htm[/url] (It's cool shit yo, go check it out.) Join me, you will not regret it. Gather your weapons comrades, we're heading straight for a blood storm.
God fucking damn war hungry pigs.
This is the shit that keeps our funds hogtied up?
I came in here expecting something closer to actual zombies. I was disappointed.
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