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Gordon Giesbrecht / Phreezing Physiology

Click above to listen to part 2 of Skeptic Check: How Low Can You Go?, featuring Gordon Giesbrecht, professor of thermal physiology at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, explaining the lowest temperatures at which humans can survive, the benefits of cryotherapy, and the viability of cryonic suspension.

Skeptic Check: How Low Can You Go?:
Part 1: Seth Abramovitch / Cryotherapy
Part 2: Gordon Giesbrecht / Phreezing Physiology
Part 3: Historic Cryosuspension
Part 4: Grant Shoffstall / Cryonic Suspension

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