
Researchers don’t know how to revive brain dead humans, but they are sure going to learn a lot in the process in a clinical trial aimed at reviving comatose patients.
Biotech Bioquark is recruiting 20 patients who have been clinically deemed brain dead from severe traumatic brain injury. Using cutting-edge treatments that include stem cells, bioactive molecules, brain and spinal cord stimulation — the researchers hope to revive parts of the patients’ basic brain functions, with the objective of returning the ability for the patient to breathe on their own.
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Published on May 16, 2016 12:29