X-Message-Number: 865 Date: Fri, 29 May 92 16:53:51 -0700 From: Subject: baboon revived! BRING 'EM BACK ALIVE! BioTime, Inc. has just issued the following press release: Berkeley, California, May 29 1992. BioTime Inc. has, for the first time, successfully revived a baboon following a procedure in which the animal's deep body temperature was lowered to near-freezing and its blood was replaced with BioTime's patent-pending blood- substitute solution. The animal was anesthetized, immersed in ice and cooled to below 2 degrees Celsius, using the BioTime solution with cardiopulmonary bypass procedures. After being bloodless and below 10 degrees Centigrade for 55 minutes, the animal was rewarmed and revived. The baboon is presently under study by BioTime scientists to determine any long-term physical effects. The company intends to conduct further experiments on primates, using its blood-substitute solutions. ---------- Further information from Art Quaife (of Trans Time, not BioTime): Over the past five years, we have had a number of similar successes with dogs, including recovery from four and one half hours of cold washout. Now we are scaling up one step closer to humans. Four more baboon experiments are planned over the next few months, in which we will attempt to extend the washout time. The principal experimenters were Dr. Paul Segall, Dr. Hal Sternberg, Dr. Harold Waitz, and Judy Segall. All are officers or advisors of Trans Time, Inc. Trans Time has the right to use BioTime's solutions for cryonics purposes, and indeed these are the solutions we use in the cryonic suspension of our patients. The experimenters were ably assisted by the expert staff of a private research laboratory, whose personnel also assist Trans Time in cryonic suspensions. Trans Time owns shares of BioTime that are currently trading on the NASDAQ for more than $340,000. Of course we hope that this exciting development will increase the value of BioTime. Trans Time's own offering of stock closes on June 30. [ ... This note is not an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy Trans Time securities. - KQB ] Th[at] Offering is made only through the Offering Notice, and the CRYONET does not endorse or promote any investments. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=865