A team of surgeons at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have placed a human patient in "suspended animation" for the first time, according to a report by New Scientist on Wednesday ...

SpaceBorn United wants to conduct an IVF experiment in Earth’s orbit to pave the way for long-term space missions.

Researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, for the first time have put a patient in “suspended animation” successfully. Using this method, they lowered the body ...

Sending ultrasound signals into rodent brains puts them in a torpor, scientists found, prompting hope the same technique could be used in humans.

An FDA-approved drug routinely used to treat Alzheimer’s disease may one day help to induce a hibernation-like state in humans. The idea is not to help you survive the winter like a bear. Rather ...