Yoshida, H. & Wada, A. The 100S ribosome: ribosomal hibernation induced by stress.
First described and studied in patients as "hibernation artificielle" induced by the so-called "cocktail lytique" during the Indochina war in the early 1950 s, for obvious reasons the concept of inducing such a hypometabolic condition has attracted special interest in intensive care and emergency medicine.
Bolstered by those carnitas tacos, a couple of Saturday afternoon al pastor tacos from Matamoros, some fresh corn from Epocas, and a hibernation-inducing infusion of Ricos's tortas, taco eaters can sustain themselves through the New York winter, waiting for the grass to green and the soccer tacos to bloom again.
I was there in chilly, stereotypically English weather and enjoyed room #1 with its dark, hibernation-inducing fabrics and huge bathroom with side-by-side tubs.
In one Ikaria-funded study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Albert Einstein College of Medicine's David Lefer found that low doses of hydrogen sulfide slashed heart damage by 72% in mice after heart attacks, even without inducing hibernation.
As well as inducing hibernation in hamsters (a process that takes weeks of gradual adjustment in climate-controlled rooms to mimic the onset of winter), the UMCG team also induce forced hypothermia states like that of our rat, chilling the animals rapidly until they fall into a state of metabolic suspension. .
Last year scientists in America used hydrogen sulphide gas to induce hibernation in laboratory mice.
AFTER TAKEOFF If you are a "nervous flier," immediately swallow enough Valium to induce hibernation in a polar bear.
If the plan works, the second generation of queens will be fertilised, chilled to induce hibernation and stored inside old-fashioned hair rollers sealed at both ends with corks.
That gave Roth confidence that it might be possible to induce hibernation in mammals.
Far easier would be a drug that induces hibernation on demand.
