Within minutes of the last heartbeat, the body's cells and organs start to degrade due to a series of biochemical processes brought on by a deficiency in nutrition, oxygen, and blood flow. This significant and irreversible cellular breakdown doesn't have to occur as soon, according to a team of researchers. The researchers revived blood flow and other cellular functions in dead pigs an hour later using a novel device they created that distributes a specifically tailored cell-protective fluid to organs and tissues.