Scientists revive a pig's brain nearly an HOUR after it died - and they say the same technique could be used in humans

It might sound like something straight out of Frankenstein's lab. But Chinese researchers have now managed to revive a pig's brain, one hour after it was removed from the body. Scientists from the Guangdong Provincial International Cooperation Base of Science and Technology were able to restore brainwaves'considered to represent conscious activity' in the brain of a dead pig using an unusual new method. The technique works by incorporating a healthy liver into the artificial life support system keeping the brain alive. It is believed that the liver produces back-up energy molecules called'ketone bodies' which protect the brain from injury.