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Frozen human brain tissue works perfectly when thawed 18 months later (newatlas.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Well, no. Reductionism still holds. If you could magically make the water everywhere inside super cold, it would behave locally just like water in a smaller creature. Unfortunately, it seems impossible to do that. Even pumping coolant through the circulatory system, which is a thing I know at least happens in some related procedures.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Its a very complex problem. Even if you pump coolant it will either prevent cells from getting oxygen or clog both of which are bad.

My point previously was that water doesn't conduct heat well. (0.6065 W/(m·K))

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Yeah, it's a doozy of an engineering problem. It's like trying to build a lever out of sand. There's just no way to tackle it straight.