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Hibernation on Demand
Mr. Christmas Lights writes "Dr. Mark Roth at the
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
has successfully
induced
a state of reversible metabolic hibernation in mice
which (no surprise) is
getting quite a bit of publicity.
Attempts in the past have used cooling techniques, but Dr. Roth
uses hydrogen sulfide (80 parts/million) to basically put the warm-blooded mice
into an advanced hibernated state, with a drop from the normal
120 breaths/minute to less than 10. Core body temperature also drops
as low as 11C (50F) to match the ambient room temperature. The mice recover in about two hours once normal air/temperatures are applied,
with no apparent ill effects - apparently there is a mice IQ/motor-skills test.
In addition to the obligatory reference to
Woody Allen's
Sleeper movie, this has applicability for emergency rooms as it
would be beneficial to in ER medicine as a way of "buying time"
while diagnosis is performed."
If only we could put those dupes on ice...
/^[A-Z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z]{2,4}$/i
...are apparently with Slashdot editors.
... you spend the rest of your life smelling like rotten eggs because of the sulfide...
This hibernation thing really works. Seems like only yesterday that I went to bed after reading about this.
Oh MY FUCKING GOD HOW DID THIS GET THROUGH? The previous story couldnt have been more than 2 days ago. Ive had enough of this shit, Im handing in my slashdot ID, from now on I shall post anonymously as a Coward, and get modded up more. Christ, you people have turned this place into a fucking joke.
Microsoft initiates legal action against the researchers for numerous violations of patents covering the Windows Hiberation feature.
Want to improve your Karma? Instead of "Post Anonymously", try the "Post Humously" option.
I was on hibernation long enough to get some fresh stories...
I'm already an AC, and even I'm getting tired of this crap.
each day at work ... I normally recover in time to go home without any ill effects and do not require the smell of rotting eggs.
I love stacking my barbecues in the shed at the end of summer - you can't beat a bit of grill on grill action.
So now i'll be able to bite his shiny metal ass!?
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Go canucks, habs, and sens!
Just wait until Zonk dupes CmdrTaco's "Update For for the dupe. Not going well. Appreciate all the hate mail. Really encourages improvement.".
It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile
Be yourself no matter what they say
For chrissake, I mailed them about the story being dupe and the guys still post it...
Since this is a dupe (and a very recent one at that) and all we're going to hear is whinging about it being a dupe I figure why not make use of the space. I submit that we change the subject to something worthwhile discussing: Category: ASK SLASHDOT Subject: DUPE ARTICLES "With all of the fancy software and technology at their disposal, how is it possible for Slashdot to not have a "technological" system in place to ensure that dupe articles are not submitted to the front page? Are their systems too complicated to enable the development and use of a simple dupe article checker that would automatically search and warn of similar, perhaps identical, articles that have recently been posted? Is it that the cost of such software is prohibitive, or that they believe submission of dupe articles are considered "funny" to readers and therefore help the bottom line? Or is it pure laziness? Discuss.
ogglelog
Woah, /. has pr0n now? Finally, /. decided to get what geeks really want in a site. How might I find the new section, btw?
I have occasionally noticed the smell of rotten-eggs out in userland.
I alwasy thought these people were just stupid - now I know they are hibernating at work.
The "editor-on-duty" must have been busy - like getting drunk, stoned or getting a blow job.
And I've never seen such a worse grammar in my whole life :p
The following statement is true
The preceding statement is false
Oh well, maybe we can all go back to sleep now ... ;-)
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