When troops are injured on the battlefield, time is of the essence: How long it takes service members to receive medical care is often the single most important factor in determining whether they live ...

Scientists at Harvard’s Wyss Institute have identified chemicals that could effectively pause biological aging as part of their “Biostasis” project, now over a year after they signed a five-year ...

When troops are injured on the battlefield, time is of the essence: How long it takes service members to receive medical care is often the single most important factor in determining whether they live ...

SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Vascular Perfusion Solutions, Inc. (VPS) announced a collaboration with the Wyss Institute at Harvard University, the University of Colorado, and the ...

Researchers at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency recently launched a five-year project dubbed “Biostasis.” The program will work at "slowing life to save life" using biological processes ...

In Star Trek and other science fiction shows, Dr. McCoy and others often place their patients into stasis. Stasis freezes, stops or greatly slows the biological processes. DARPA is now trying to do ...

Over 40,000 people die waiting in vain for a kidney each year. deaths just from failure of the kidneys, more than the number who perish in auto accidents. But while we spend billions each year trying ...

When a soldier is injured in the battlefield, combat medics only have a short amount of time in their hands — sixty minutes at most, sometimes much less — to ensure the fallen soldier’s survival. This ...

The military, concerned about conflict with a more capable foe, is looking to ensure the "golden hour" for wounded troops. DARPA's latest initiative, a program looking for ways to slow down the body's ...

DARPA's latest research project is focusing on slowing down time, at least when it comes to biochemical reactions. The new Biostasis program seeks ways to extend a period time known as the golden hour ...

The longer it takes a battlefield medic to treat a severely wounded soldier, the less likely that soldier is to survive. To combat this problem, the Department of Defense (DOD) has typically focused ...