DARPA aims to stop ‘biological time’ to save wounded soldiers

The Pentagon is looking for ways to stop biological clocks ticking, for when medical help is too far away from a wounded or infected person. The Biostasis program aims at reducing deaths following injuries on the battlefield.

The program, developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), will look at possibilities of slowing the biochemical reactions inside cells so as to extend the so-called ‘golden hour’, or the window of time between injury and first medical treatment which can determine whether a person lives or dies.