Scientists play God in controversial move to revive the dead

'We just received approval for our first 20 subjects...'

It sounds like the plot to a science fiction story but scientists are about to attempt to bring twenty certified dead people back to life.

LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Bioquark Inc., a biotech company, has received ethical permission to bring twenty brain-dead people, currently surviving solely on life-support, back to life.

Ethical permission was granted by the Institutional Review Board at the National Institutes of Health in the U.S. and in India, allowing the team to begin patient recruitment immediately.

The twenty subjects will come from the certified dead who cannot survive without the help of life support. They have no brain stem functions and have permanently lost the ability to be conscious or even breathe unassisted.

These participants will be monitored over the span of several months while periodic brain images will be utilized to indicate any sign of regeneration, with special attention to the brain stem.

The brain stem is an important organ as it controls the body's innate ability to breath and its heart to beat. Through the use of several techniques, scientists hope the currently dead brain stem cells can, in a way, restart - not too dissimilar to how a salamander regrows new limbs.

The project, named The ReAnima Project, will include a variety of therapies including the use of stem cells, peptides and laser and nerve stimulation techniques previously proven to help bring patients out of comas.

The first stage of the process, called "First In Human Neuro-Regeneration & Neuro-Reanimation," will be performed in Rudarapur, Uttarakhand India, where a non-randomized, single group "proof of concept" will take place.

Peptides will be pumped into the spinal cord each day and stem cells will be administered over a 6-week-period.

Bioquark Inc.'s CEO, Dr. Ira Pastor, explained: "This represents the first trial of its kind and another step towards the eventual reversal of death in our lifetime.

"We just received approval for our first 20 subjects and we hope to start recruiting patients immediately from this first site - we are working with the hospital now to identify families where there may be a religious or medical barrier to organ donation.

"To undertake such a complex initiative, we are combining biologic regenerative medicine tools with other existing medical devices typically used for stimulation of the central nervous system, in patients with other severe disorders of consciousness. We hope to see results within the first two to three months.

It is a long term vision of ours that a full recovery in such patients is a possibility, although that is not the focus of this first study - but it is a bridge to that eventuality."

The founder, president and Chief Science Officer of Bioquark Inc., Dr. Sergei Paylian, explained the study can give researchers an opportunity to develop therapies for other disorders such as those in comas or a vegetative and minimally conscious state and can help with CNS conditions such as Parkinson's or Alzheimer's.

The ReAnima Project is currently searching for the 20 participants to begin their trial and the team holds high hopes of success.

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