Company to attempt revitalizing nervous systems of brain-dead patients - CNET

The ReAnima Project, a project that will attempt to regenerate parts of the nervous system for 20 brain-dead patients on life support, has just been approved by an Institutional Review Board at the National Institutes of Health in the US and in India, according to the Telegraph. The company behind the project plans to test various therapies involving stem cell injections, and laser and nerve stimulation techniques.

The project might seem controversial to some, but all 20 of the first wave of subjects are technically no longer living. The functions of their bodies, however, remain intact. The bodies still circulate blood, heal, and can even deliver a baby. The issue is that higher-level brain functions can't currently be regenerated. That's the problem the ReAnima Project will attempt to surmount.

Bioquark Inc. -- the company behind the project -- was not immediately available for comment.