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Soft Uploading:

1. BSS (Brain Support System)

REQUIREMENTS

• R1. Sustain normal brain functioning, ie supply the brain with:
  • oxygen
  • ions
  • glucose
  • amino acids
  • hormones
  • vitamins
  • lipids
  • etc?
• R2. Regulate hormones levels that are not constant
  -- it's difficult to assess the effect of hormones on the CNS...
• R3. Suppress adverse effects of artificial blood
  -- including fever, nausea, etc. Various circumventricular organs at the blood-brain barrier constantly monitor blood composition, thus causing those symptoms when a blood substitute is used. These areas may be lesioned to eliminate symptoms.
• R4. Bio-augmentation of the brain with stem cells
  -- this may make more time available for the gradual uploading process.

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Aug/2003 Yan King Yin