Ooops! Sorry about the HTML attachment to the previous message. Got carried away and overlooked the caveat against it. My apologies. Here are a few marginally comprehensible (and slightly relevant) article among a store of 100s just found relating to present studies in hibernation.. Can hardly wait 50 years. Figure hibernation assisted cold storage is going to be The fad for the terminally ill by then. Move over, Walt. :) URLs: Water use during hibernation in ground squirrels. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=6998740&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b Similarities and gradations between deep-sleep, hypothermia, and hibernation regarding energy conservation. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=6395910&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b Dogs lung extended preservation for transplants using ground squirrel hibernation trigger compounds! The idea is to eventually use it for human lung transplants. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=8633964&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b Slower aging during hibernation. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=7221552&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b And sleep. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=162800&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b Hibernation could mitigate infections?! http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/htbin-post/Entrez/query?uid=6538934&form=6&db=m&Dopt=b That ought to do it for now. AntonioTitle: PubMed medline query