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That's fascinating, could you point me somewhere I can read more? I'd always assumed something in the cells was decaying without oxygen preventing them from fun
by garblegarble 11y ago
That's fascinating, could you point me somewhere I can read more? I'd always assumed something in the cells was decaying without oxygen preventing them from functioning again. Is it some sort of reaction byproduct that normally is part of a chain but the lack of oxygen breaks the chain and makes some other reaction occur?
- teraflop 11y agoThe medical term is "reperfusion injury". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reperfusion_injury http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reperfusion_injury
- ceejayoz 11y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Targeted_temperature_management http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Targeted_temperature_management and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Sun_medical_device http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Sun_medical_device have some details.
- waffl 11y agoThis reminds me of a medical technique that was going into trials I read about on HN last year, I can't find the conversation link but this article in the nytimes is speaking to the same topic: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/10/health/a-chilling-medical-trial.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/10/health/a-chilling-medical-...