Race to be first to "hibernate" human beings »
Posted By _kam0_ 1 year, 4 months ago in Science & TechnologyTurning science fiction into science fact, American doctors are preparing to chill volunteers into a state of suspended animation that could keep them asleep for months.
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Gebroida1 year, 4 months ago
I would like to try this experiment on myself. Please email me at: sailor.ak@hotmail.com We can sit down and talk the terms thank you.
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ABANOCLA1 year, 4 months ago
I heard the prototype that was used was Gores brain a few yrs back...must work for more than a few months:)
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coreyspring1 year, 4 months ago
This part sounds really awesome/nuts:
"Alam has experimented on eight-stone Yorkshire pigs, stopping the heart and electrical activity in the brain for up to two hours before slowly replacing the plasma with warm blood and reviving the animals with no apparent long-term effects."
Could you imagine the implications this would have for human space travel if this turns out to be safe for humans? I hope it is and they keep working on this project.
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coreyspring1 year, 4 months ago
When humans launch a manned mission to Mars it will take many months for the craft to travel both ways - being able to slow down the metabolism in astronauts bodies would have many advantages, such as requiring less food.
A manned mission to Mars or some other distant location may not happen in your lifetime, it may or may not happen in mine, maybe it will happen in my children's lifetime. The point is that whenever it does happen it will have been the result of much research and planning, which we lay the groundwork for now.
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