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Listen Again: Work, Play, Rest - Part 3

TED Radio Hour

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Is There a Way to Put Humans Into Hibernation?

Uncle Toby's story shows that the brain can be made induced hibernation or reactivating this old state even in humans. It could be used to treat something as aggressive and active as mutations in cells cancer. Even more pressing would be for someone waiting for an organ transplant. About 50 people pretty much every day between Europe and the United States died because of lack of organ.

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