“Understanding the connections between random instances of seemingly miraculous, unexplained survival in so-called clinically dead humans and our ability to induce — and reverse — metabolic quiescence in model organisms could have dramatic implications for medical care.  In the end I suspect there will be clinical benefits and it will change the way medicine is practiced, because we will, in short, be able to buy patients time.”  

— Mark Roth, lead researcher in study “Buying Time Through ‘Hibernation on Demand.’”

Researchers at the University of Washington and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle have discovered a method for inducing a protracted hibernation-like state in mice.  If proven effective in all mammals, this method, termed “hibernation on demand,” could “buy time” for patients awaiting organ transplants and dramatically improve survival rates among cancer patients.  

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