Suspended Animation In Mice Without Freezing

Predictions Market writes "Low doses of hydrogen sulfide, the toxic gas responsible for the unpleasant odor of rotten eggs, can safely and reversibly depress both metabolism and aspects of cardiovascular function in mice, producing a suspended-animation-like state that does not depend on a reduction in body temperature and include a substantial decrease in heart rate without a drop in blood pressure. The researchers measured factors such as heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, respiration, and physical activity in normal mice exposed to low-dose (80 ppm) hydrogen sulfide for several hours. In all the mice, metabolic measurements such as consumption of oxygen and production of carbon dioxide dropped in as little as 10 minutes after they began inhaling hydrogen sulfide, remained low as long as the gas was administered, and returned to normal within 30 minutes of the resumption of a normal air supply. 'Producing a reversible hypometabolic state could allow organ function to be preserved when oxygen supply is limited, such as after a traumatic injury,' says the lead author of the study. 'We don't know yet if these results will be transferable to humans, so our next step will be to study the use of hydrogen sulfide in larger mammals.' The full report is available online."

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Re:Yeah but...

[Anonymous Coward]

" 'We don't know yet if these results will be transferable to humans, so our next step will be to study the use of hydrogen sulfide in larger mammals.' "

But hang on, I thought animals used in vivisection were supposed to be MODELS of humans, after all, mice are exactly the same as humans. Aren't they?

So how they're going to torture more animals, bigger ones, "larger mammals" as they call them. And get away with it. What if it were YOU being tortured?

Yet more fraudulent 'research' from the psychopaths otherwise known as vivisectionists...

EVERY single new drug or medical procedure that is now used successfully on human beings was TESTED on human beings - i.e. they EXPERIMENTED on humans. We know this because 92% of new drugs FAIL when they go through 'clinical trials' - (otherwise known as HUMAN EXPERIMENTS).

That's why the first human heart transplant recipients all DIED. I thought the animal experiments were supposed to predict human outcomes?

This 'research' is just more of the same- fucked up little geeks who got their asses kicked in high school, and like taking out their rage on innocent creatures who aren't big enough to fight back.

Gee... I wonder why they never do experiments on tigers or pit bull terriers? Anybody?

Re:I declare this year of the mouse!

[jabber]

Oh sure... But, Will It Blend?!