2-12. How is the baboon? Did it live? Any brain damage? (Cryonics)
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This article is from the Cryonics FAQ, by Tim Freeman tim@infoscreen.com with numerous contributions by others.
2-12. How is the baboon? Did it live? Any brain damage? (Cryonics)
According to Art Quaife as of 14 Jul 92, the baboon is well and has
no signs of brain damage.
This is part of what CRYOMSG 865 posted by Art Quaife has to say about
the baboon:
Berkeley, California, May 29 1992. BioTime Inc. has, for the first
time, successfully revived a baboon following a procedure in which
the animal's deep body temperature was lowered to near-freezing and
its blood was replaced with BioTime's patent-pending blood-
substitute solution.
The animal was anesthetized, immersed in ice and cooled to below 2
degrees Celsius, using the BioTime solution with cardiopulmonary
bypass procedures. After being bloodless and below 10 degrees
Centigrade for 55 minutes, the animal was rewarmed and revived. The
baboon is presently under study by BioTime scientists to determine any
long-term physical effects.
The company intends to conduct further experiments on primates, using
its blood-substitute solutions.
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