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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