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In some ST episodes the chief medical officer (or somebody on the ship) is able to revive the dead. In some episodes, they can't (or don't). When or how did resurrection technology develop? Is there a compilation of the various methods of bringing people back to life? (The only one I remember right now uses nanoprobes (VOY: "Mortal Coil").) --74.100.196.89 10:21, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

• I think it's less "resurrection technology" and more an extension of what we can do now, with current medical technology - revive someone whose vital signs have just vanished. Obviously, future tech makes it possible to reliably revive people if the doctor knows how, and Seven's one-off nanoprobe cure on Neelix from Mortal Coil is an example of Borg advanced tech in that field. CNash 11:34, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

• 74.100.196.89, I think it's quite hilarious that your link on the word "resurrection" above links to something that has nothing to do with resurrection technology. The joke is, in that episode, Bareil wasn't resurrected at all, he came from the mirror universe in which he din't die. The punchline is that "resurrection technology" doesn't exist, except for the nanoprobe example, and that's why your link didn't do what would be expected in the context presented! HAHAHA! HA HA! HA! I get it, I get it, good one, well done.
  
  Ah, well, of coursse, YOU knew that. Dang. By explaining the heck out of it I've just made it completely unfunny for everyone else. Sorry. I suspect Aspergerism of myself sometimes.
  
  uuuh, if I've got you all wrong, and just in case you weren't trying to be funny, I'll offer an answer to your question: here goes. All the rest of the resurrections in ST besides Neelix's involve alternate timelines, the mirror universe, transporter mishaps, phase-variant universes, symbiont re-hosting, Q's antics, other parallel universes, out-and-out time travel and grandfather paradoxing, and even re-animation of a corpse so that a completely new being can live. While (non-Alpha Quadrant) technology does support that last, I doubt it even counts as "resurrection". 198.49.180.40 18:50, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

• • May I request one of the Memory Alpha science archivists create an article on this medical procedure? All the successful resurrections you mention (and failed attempts, too) can then link to this new article. Much like Memory wipe. For example, follow-up question: was Neelix the only person who underwent this medical procedure? --74.100.196.89 05:39, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

I'll call your attention to what was already written:
"All the rest of the resurrections in ST besides Neelix's involve"... not medical procedure(s).
Anyway here's my attempt at satisfying your article request: Borg Voodoo.
I'm not a Memory Alpha science archivist, I just play one on TV. HAND. 198.49.180.40 20:38, 17 August 2007 (UTC)