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Heart attacks don't kill, floods of oxygen kill.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18368186/site/newsweek/
More exactly, cells take hours to die without oxygen. But a flood of oxygent to a starved cell apparently makes it look like a cancer cell, triggering apoptosis (programmed cell death). Oops! So they're working on resuscitation techniques based on gradual oxygen uptake, and blood cooling.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18368186/site/newsweek/
More exactly, cells take hours to die without oxygen. But a flood of oxygent to a starved cell apparently makes it look like a cancer cell, triggering apoptosis (programmed cell death). Oops! So they're working on resuscitation techniques based on gradual oxygen uptake, and blood cooling.
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