New Scientist reports that doctors have used therapeutic suspended animation for the first time as part of a carefully designed human trial. The procedure, called Emergency Preservation and ...

Suspended animation has allowed many a sci-fi character to travel to a distant corner of space in a state of dormancy, only reanimating once they’ve arrived at their otherworldly destination. Now, the ...

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Canadian toddler Erika Nordby astonished doctors in February after she survived lying face down in the snow with her heart stopped for two hours. Nordby's complete recovery baffled her doctors and ...

Jackson Ryan was CNET's science editor, and a multiple award-winning one at that. Earlier, he'd been a scientist, but he realized he wasn't very happy sitting at a lab bench all day. Science writing, ...

Imagine you are shot or stabbed and losing a massive amount of blood. Simply put, your chances of survival with ongoing blood loss are slim: the likely outcome from such serious trauma is profound ...

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According to the publication, the technique — which is officially called emergency preservation and resuscitation (EPR) — could be used on patients with traumatic injuries. These people, who would ...

Researchers have shown that a non-addictive pain relief drug could be used to preserve cells and organs quickly and safely for transplantation, removing the need for static cold storage. The research, ...

Suspended animation is a staple of science fiction. Need to take a 200 year trip to another star system? Go to sleep in some sort of high-tech coccoon and wake up at your destination. We saw it in ...