Suspended animation

Doctors David Ghozland and Marc Winter perform a single-site robotic-assisted hysterectomy.

Doctors are ready to test temporary ‘suspended animation’ to save people with severe injuries

Health & Medicine

It may seem ghoulish — pumping people full of cold saltwater to chill them down when they receive severe injuries — but the technique has had stunning success in animal trials and is now moving into its first human tests. The aim is to buy time to treat wounds.

Doctors David Ghozland and Marc Winter perform a single-site robotic-assisted hysterectomy.

Doctors are ready to test temporary ‘suspended animation’ to save people with severe injuries

Health & Medicine