In recent years, many members of the scientific and medical communities have focused significantly on the research and development of decelerating the human body's circulatory and respiratory systems. This scientific breakthrough could lead to extensive leaps in the ability to prolong the life of critically ill patients and in the theoretical field of long distance space travel.

The initial idea is, of course, based on the data taken from rare cases of individuals who suffered accidental falls into near freezing bodies of water for extended timeframes only to be retrieved and resuscitated with no ill effects (other than the normal hypothermia of the extremities). Brain function was restored to normal in a majority of cases and the subjects in question able to return to a normal life without any long term health effects, even after prolonged periods deprived of oxygen.

With this in mind, several research groups have pursued the idea further. Most notably, colleagues of mine in Pittsburgh were able to put dogs into a 3 hour "sleep" by exchanging a small percentage of their blood with a near frozen saline solution, and then return the test subjects to a normal state of function by re-introducing warmed blood to their bodies. Similar studies were also conducted in Boston and Vienna with similar results.

While this process showed a lot of promise, some of the test subjects did show evidence of brain damage or memory loss due to the lack of oxygen. This, I believe, is where a second experiment conducted in Seattle is of note. In this second experiment, the researchers were able to demonstrate that replacing Oxygen with Hydrogen Sulfide worked as a way to slow the body and yet still maintain brain function on a low level. I believe that this oxygen replacement along with the greatly reduced bio-system temperature can be used not only in Emergency Medical situations where organ transplants are necessary for the patient's survival, but also for potential use in an extensively lengthy space flight.

My research has recently caught the attention of a major fund resource. NeoVenus Construction is in the midst of a major project focused on the goal of sending humans to a new planet for Terraforming and Colonization. I was contacted directly by Alfred Alan, and he saw great promise in what I was doing, convincing NeoVenus Construction to generously fund me to develop an internalized version of my system (illustrated below).

The system illustrated above has shown a lot of potential. I've performed a highly successful series of experiments to illustrate the prototyp's viability for use in extended suspended animation, which is what would be experienced in interplanetary space travel. The next great challenge is to reduce the size of the system so that NeoVenus Construction can implant the device directly into the body of each of the crew members. This poses some new logistical issues that we are currently tackling with a variety of solutions, from altering the materials used in the making of the device to the use of a thermal suit that NeoVenus designed for military personnel who experience environmentally extreme conditions. This suit will be used to warm the subject's body externally while our device will be used to regulate the subject's internal temperature.

When Neo Venus contributed to the project, our primary concern was how to regulate the temperature of the unit itself. The initial design did not shield the exterior of the unit from reaching higher temperatures because the unit was a separate component from the body. But with the system now implanted on or in the subject, we now have to find a way to properly insulate the unit as well as ensure that the unit's mechanics would not overheat or fail. This is a significant problem to which we believe we now have the solution.

There will be further review of the system over the next few months. I am hoping to publish my findings int he near future. I will post any news here that seems appropriate.