According to Live Science, scientists are testing an experimental drug that puts the brain into a hypothermia-like state to reduce stroke damage. By slowing the brain's metabolism, the treatment appears to protect nerve tissue during the critical period after a stroke. The research is still in early stages, but researchers say the approach could offer a new way to limit brain injury from these events.

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