Pig held in suspended animation for 2 hours revived
July 14, 2006 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Medicine, Technology
A veternary surgeon, Mike Duggan, and his team have succesfully held a pig in suspended animation for 2 hours.
Wired-
The EKG flatlines. The surgeons drain the remaining blood and connect tubes to the aorta and other vessels, filling the circulatory system with chilled organ-preservation fluid – a nearly frozen daiquiri of salts, sugars, and free-radical scavengers.
Her temperature is 50 degrees Fahrenheit; brain activity has ceased. Alam checks the wall clock and asks a nurse to mark the time: 11:25 am…
2 hours is a far cry from the lightyears in space that movies and fictional novels have been talking about for the last half-century, but it’s a start. This also bodes well for certain groups of people that have incurable diseases. Or patients that may require 18 hours of transportation to get the medical treatment facility they need, but only have 12 hours to live…
It’s also a another ethical-can-of-worms-o-gram sent to us Speedy Delivery straight from the medical research field.
Enjoy, after the jump.
Stuck Pig – Wired Online (pops)
[tags] supended animation, life extension, vetenery medicine, pig [/tags]
