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Doctors Claim Suspended Animation Success

Philoneist.com writes to tell us the Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that US doctors have developed a process to induce hypothermia in trauma patients, shutting down their bodily functions for up to three hours. The process has been proven about 90% effective in trials with pigs and now the doctors would like the go ahead to test it on humans who would "probably die" under normal care.

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  1. Re: What about going to heaven? by dada21 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Look at His bumper stickers, to see whether it's one of those "no ass, no grass, no ride" situations.

    Haha, I abhor religious bumper stickers. My only bumper sticker is my "Vote = Rape, Vote = Murder, Vote = Theft" one that I made about 5 years ago and needs a serious update!