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[moonwise]

Went to the second of three seminars on green (i.e. environmentally responsible) chemistry tonight. The speaker showed a very disturbing photograph of a mouse in a fluorocarbon solvent, weighted down with a sinker, breathing dissolved O2 in the solvent. "Very happily breathing!" says the speaker.

*gets an attack of the extreme weirdies and has to look away*

And then the speaker talks about some technology, developed in France and Japan, that aimed to replace some of a person's blood with fluorocarbon solvent during surgery. Most blood used in surgery just runs out again, what a waste. Apparently you can replace up to 80% of blood in the body with fluorocarbon and the animal/person will live.

Arafel: AIEEEEEE *shudders to think of her veins coursing with clear fluid*

go ahead and do that on OTHER PEOPLE

don't do it on me.

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[fullofsecrets.livejournal.com]

I remember the stuff that lordraziel is talking about from the movie, I just have no idea whether it's a real substance or something made up for the plot.