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Jimo Borjigin
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- 1Scientists Probe the Blurred Line Between Life and Death▼“Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it”*… The line between life and death has never been clear—and, as Ama
Research into consciousness is challenging the assumption that death is a single clear moment. Jimo Borjigin, a consciousness researcher at the University of Michigan, has documented brain activity near the end of life, work suggesting death may be a process rather than an instant. Reporting by Amanda Heidt argues modern medical technology—life support, resuscitation, organ transplantation—further blurs when life ends, echoing Haruki Murakami's line that death is part of life rather than its opposite. The work raises difficult questions for medicine and ethics.