What is tissue digestion?

tissue digestion is a process that can be used to dispose of human and animal residues. This includes essentially the dissolution of the remains and their reduction to approximately two percent of the original body weight depending on the size of the original sample. Research laboratories have been using tissue digestion since the 90s, when this technique was first developed, and at the beginning of 2000 they have shown a growing interest in making this technology accessible to their clients. When the residues are subjected to the digestion of the tissue, they are placed in a heated and pressure vessel and exposed to a lye that dissolves a large part of organic material, leaves behind a thick brown liquid and some of the larger bones. In fact, most devices do it. The remaining bones are dry and crumbly and can be crushed and stored or otherwise destroyed, depending on how one feels about the decedent.

compared to other techniques for MANipulation has several advantages for digging tissues. It is significantly cheaper than cremation and is also much more environmentally friendly. From the perspective of laboratories and researchers, alkaline hydrolysis is the preferred method of disposal because it is easy and effective, and the process destroys prions, which ensures that reduced remains are safe to handle. Medical schools and other facilities that carry out research on donated corpses also use tissue digestion to process their residues.

For people, digestion of tissue attracts an alternative funeral community that likes the idea that professionalism is cheaper and more environmentally friendly than cremation. Some people feel that alkaline hydrolysis is disrespectful to human remains, because this involves a change in the remains to brown goo, but others say they all eventually remain disintegration: the digestion of tissue simply accelerates the process. Critics also protest against the idea of ​​pouring human remains to the outflow, albeit closedSystems could be potentially used to reduce the liquid to a powder that could be maintained at the drunk bones.

Several companies produce tissue digestors of different sizes, from extremely large models that are designed to handle livestock to smaller versions for a small animal hospital. There are also tissue digestors, which are specially designed to master human remains; Since 2008, no funeral house officially offers its clients alkaline hydrolysis, but there is hope that this process can soon be open to the public.