: how is cryopreservation able to somewhat preserve and sustain a person without them slowly dying due to a lack of basic necessities like oxygen and water?

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: how is cryopreservation able to somewhat preserve and sustain a person without them slowly dying due to a lack of basic necessities like oxygen and water?

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You need water and oxygen (and other things) to fuel the whole cell respiration process. The idea behind cryopreservation is to slow down those same cellular processes. So since they’re respiring slower, they require less oxygen, water, etc.