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Ain’t No Science Fiction, Suspended Animation Is FDA Approved and Heading To Clinical Trials

The idea is simple: slow a person’s metabolism to such a crawl that the process of dying from say, a gunshot wound, is held in check. Like an animal in hibernation breathing, heartbeat, brain function and general metabolic functions are slowed drastically
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Ain’t No Science Fiction, Suspended Animation Is FDA Approved and Heading To Clinical Trials

The idea is simple: slow a person’s metabolism to such a crawl that the process of dying from say, a gunshot wound, is held in check. Like an animal in hibernation breathing, heartbeat, brain function and general metabolic functions are slowed drastically

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The individual techniques are already functioning and they are presently working in the test phase; the prototype for the combined system is being built. We are establishing a basis for applying rapid prototyping to elastic and organic biomaterials.

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—	Dr. Gunter Tovar, who has created artificial blood vessels with a 3D printer. (via cwnl)