Mice and Men and Suspended Animation

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Mice and Men and Suspended Animation

Postby Paralith on March 30th, 2010, 4:58 pm

In 2005, cell biologist Mark Roth made headlines when he published the results of studies showing that exposing mice to small amounts of hydrogen sulfide would put them into a state of “suspended animation,” or hibernation, that could be reversed without ill effect.


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Re: Mice and Men and Suspended Animation

Postby wolfhnd on March 30th, 2010, 9:29 pm

Seems sort of simple I wonder why there is so much reluctance to advance this area of medicine.
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