Trials set for body-chilling anaesthesia

Medical researchers in the United States say they are poised to begin human trials on a suspended-animation technique for surgery patients.

The idea is to use extreme hypothermia to basically shut down the body during emergency trauma surgery, giving doctors more time to work and less need for anesthetics and life-support equipment.

Dr Hasan Alam, a leader of the research team from Harvard and Massachusetts General Hospital, told the BBC that dropping the body’s core temperature as low as 50 degrees Fahrenheit can work for as long as three hours without causing brain damage…

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