Review: Alcor Life Extension Foundation

This cryonics site has links to articles on the following subjects -- science that supports cryonic theory:

  • Brief discussion of the complete technical problem of cryonics, including application after cardiac arrest, and the high quality of brain preservation now achievable with vitrification.
  • Successful transplanation of kidneys after cooling to -45° C.
  • First successful application of vitrification to a relatively large tissue of medical interest.
  • Detailed discussion of the application of nanotechnology to revive cryonics patients.
  • Paper showing that dogs can be recovered after three hours of total circulatory arrest ("clinical death") at 0°C (32°F). This supports the reversibility of the hypothermic phase of cryonics.
  • First paper showing that large organs can be cryopreserved without structural damage from ice.
  • First paper suggesting that nanotechnology could reverse freezing injury.
  • Follow-up paper showing partial recovery of brain electrical activity after 7 years of frozen storage.
  • First paper showing recovery of a mammalian organ after cooling to -196°C (liquid nitrogen temperature) and subsequent transplantation.
  • First paper to propose cryonics by neuropreservation.
  • Viability of long term frozen cat brain in vitro.

This site also has an extensive collection (over 100 papers) of online articles on cryonics and related subjects in their Library.



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