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Chilling the body with drugs could limit brain damage from stroke
Putting brain cells into a hibernation-like state via drugs that cool down core body temperature may help to preserve them following a stroke
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Putting brain cells into a hibernation-like state via drugs that cool down core body temperature may help to preserve them following a stroke
A start-up has worked out how to preserve the brain after death – paving the way for immortality in a distant future. But beginning to reckon with this reality yields serious practical and philosophical questions