[SteveDallas]

Yeah, it sure is! On a more practical level, what's the physiological difference between a body 5 seconds before death, and 5 seconds after? Can whatever is keeping the body alive be preserved during the transporter process?

It would still be cool as hell even if it could only handle inorganic objects, and there may be other applications. (In Scott Westerfeld's "Risen Empire" books, quantum entaglement was used to send messages instantaneously over interstellar distances.)