Race to be first to ‘hibernate’ human beings


	Race to be first to ‘hibernate’ human beings

wildcat

5-27-2007 5:24 AM

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science, medicine, health, hibernation, plasma expander

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5-27-2007 5:56 AM

alanocu

I would have never imagined this happening in our lifetime - wow!

5-27-2007 9:13 AM

Deepti

wow!

5-27-2007 10:57 AM

PeaceHawk

That would be very cool.

9-29-2007 8:21 AM

tom991

And now it is available for everybody. Just look at IceLift.com. They offer hibernation for next 50 years.

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TURNING 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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Medical teams in Los Angeles, Boston and Pittsburgh are racing to become the
 first to test out new theories of “induced hibernation” which could save
 lives and also help to send man towards the stars.
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Hasan Alam, a surgeon at Massachusetts general hospital and consultant to the
 US army, is poised to start the first human trials before the end of the
 year.
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Last week he said that he wanted to equip ambulances with a clear saline
 solution called plasma expander that would be injected into seriously
 injured victims at the scene of a car accident.
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