Human Hibernation: Space & Beyond
Join Kimia and Amber for Episode 4 of Facts in Mind featuring Dr. Ekatarina Kostioukhina, Harvard Scholar, Extreme Environments and Space Medicine Researcher at Medical Society for Optimization of Human Performance in Space Environments
In this episode, we explore human hibernation, what it is, it’s application in space medicine and also on earth in crisis and humanitarian response. The key is the focus on metabolic states such as torpor and hibernation. Originaly Dr. Kostioukhina studied obesity with a focus on increasing metabolism, but topor has the opposite approach in the reduction of metabolism with its benefits in extreme environments.
This is a fascinating conversation on a topic that we may not think has earthy application, but as we speak to Dr. Kostioukhina, does as we consider there are times to slow down in a world that is always moving fast!
Dr. Ekatarina Kostioukhina is a space medicine researcher, understanding metobolic states in extreme environments, and is the founder of HIBERIA.
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