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PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 34, Issue 2, Pages 101-111Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00046.2018
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Suspended animation for deep-space travelers is moving out of the realm of science fiction. Two approaches are considered: the first elaborates the current medical practice of therapeutic hypothermia; the second invokes the cascade of metabolic processes naturally employed by hibernators. We explore the basis and evidence behind each approach and argue that mimicry of natural hibernation will be critical to overcome the innate limitations of human physiology for long-duration space travel.
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