Alexandra Thompson
Science editor and reporter who researched and edited the story on brain preservation; provides detailed explanation of the Nectome pig-brain preservation protocol and its experimental results.
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Mar 25, 2026 • 18min
Scientists Can Now Preserve a Brain After Death - What’s Next?
Thomas Lewton, science journalist on consciousness and ethics, and Alexandra Thompson, science editor who detailed Nectome’s pig-brain preservation protocol, explore a technique that preserves whole-brain structure. They discuss the preservation method, timing and technical hurdles. The conversation covers ethical questions around offering the procedure to terminally ill people and whether preserved brains could ever be revived or have minds reconstructed.
