It will be interesting to see which genes are still active. Likely ones dealing with the lack of oxygen. But who knows for dure?
Genes remain active after death
[Via BBC News | Science/Nature | World Edition]
Cells continue to function even after an individual dies, a discovery that could be developed into a forensic tool.
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We think that death is a defined condition but this work suggests that it is a continuum. Wonder what else they will find?
Image: Peretz Partensky
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