1. Cryonics - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia cryonics is the lowtemperature preservation of humans and other animals that can no longer be sustained by contemporary medicine until resuscitation may be http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryonics

Cryonics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search Not to be confused with cryogenics Technicians prepare a patient for cryopreservation. Cryonics is the low-temperature preservation of humans and other animals that can no longer be sustained by contemporary medicine until resuscitation may be possible in the future. Human cryopreservation is not currently reversible. In the United States, cryonics can only be legally performed on humans after pronounced legally dead. The rationale for cryonics is that the process may be reversible in the future if performed soon enough, and that cryopreserved people are not dead by the modern information-theoretic definition of death Cryonics is derived from the Greek word κρύος (kryos), meaning cold. There is a high representation of scientists among cryonics supporters. Scientific support for cryonics is based on studies showing substantial preservation of brain cell structure by current methods, and projections of future technology, especially molecular nanotechnology and nanomedicine . Some scientists believe that future medicine will enable molecular -level repair and regeneration of damaged tissues and organs decades or centuries in the future.

2. The Cryonics Institute Home Page cryonics Institute Summary and Introduction for Home Page. http://www.cryonics.org/

If you have an emergency situation, click here. "Your Last Best Chance For Lifeand Your Family's." The Cryonics Institute offers cryopreservation services and information. As soon as possible after legal death, a member patient is infused with a substance to prevent ice formation, cooled to a temperature where physical decay essentially stops, and is then maintained indefinitely in cryostasis (ie, stored in liquid nitrogen). As an optional extra (at extra cost) a Cryonics Institute Member may contract for cryonics professionals from Suspended Animation, Inc. to wait by the bedside during a terminal condition and immediately begin cooling and cardiopulmonary support upon pronouncement of death to minimize brain damage. When and if future medical technology allows, our member patients hope to be healed, rejuvenated, revived, and awakened to a greatly extended life in youthful good health, free from disease or the aging process. Search this site!

3. Cryonics: Alcor Life Extension Foundation cryonics at Alcor Life Extension Foundation, the world s leading cryonics organization since 1972. Information on cryonics, cryobiology, nanomedicine, http://www.alcor.org/

Home Free Information Membership Info About Cryonics ... Click for Printable Version Cryonics at Alcor Free Information Check the Alcor News Blog or What's New on the website Alcor Life Extension Foundation The Alcor Life Extension Foundation is the world leader in cryonics, cryonics research, and cryonics technology. Cryonics is the science of using ultra-cold temperature to preserve human life with the intent of restoring good health when technology becomes available to do so. Alcor is a non-profit organization located in Scottsdale, Arizona, founded in 1972. What Cryonics Is Cryonics is a speculative life support technology that seeks to preserve human life in a state that will be viable and treatable by future medicine. It is expected that future medicine will include mature nanotechnology, and the ability to heal at the cellular and molecular levels. What Cryonics Is Not Cryonics as practiced by Alcor is not an interment method, mortuary practice, or dead tissue preservation. Just as organ donation involves recovery of living organs from a donor that is brain dead, cryonics involves stabilizing the viable brain of a patient who is legally deceased based on cardiac death. Cryonics cannot work for anyone who is truly brain dead Cryonics and Religion Cryonics is an attempt to preserve and protect the gift of human life. The purpose of cryonics is to maintain life, not reverse death. Lack of legal status as a person does not imply lack of moral status as a person. The spiritual status of cryonics patients is the same as frozen human embryos, or unconscious medical patients. When properly examined, cryonics has been endorsed by both

4. Cryonics Ralph Merkle s cryonics introduction. Short but requires some knowledge of cryonics already. http://www.merkle.com/cryo/

Cryonics Cryonics in the news Links to further information An open letter by scientists supporting cryonics Overview The purpose of cryonics is to save lives and restore health. Today's medical technology can't always keep us alive, let alone healthy. A future medical technology based on a mature nanotechnology should be able to preserve life and restore health in all but the most extreme circumstances. Tissue preserved at the temperature of liquid nitrogen does not deteriorate, even after centuries of storage. Therefore, if current medical technology can't keep us alive we can instead choose to be preserved in liquid nitrogen, with the expectation that future medical technology should be able to both reverse any cryopreservation injury and restore good health. A common misconception is that cryonics freezes the dead. As the definition of "death" is "a permanent cessation of all vital functions" the future ability to revive a patient preserved with today's fundamentally better medical technology bury someone alive Evaluating cryonics The major reason that cryonics is not more favorably viewed in the medical community is relatively easy to explain. Medicine relies on clinical trials. Put more simply, if someone proposes a technique for saving lives, the response is "Try it and see if it works." Methods that have not been verified by clinical trials are called "experimental," while methods that have been tried and failed are rejected.

5. CRYONICS − FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) Answers to the most Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about cryonics. http://www.benbest.com/cryonics/CryoFAQ.html

by Ben Best For an overview of the essential questions of cryonics in essay form, see my piece Cryonics: The Issues CONTENTS I. Definitions I-A. What is cryonics I-B. What is ... X-C. How can I get more information about the cryonics organizations ? I. Definitions I-A. What is cryonics Cryonics is the practice of cryopreserving a legally dead person or animal for possible revival when future science can cure all disease, can rejuvenate to a condition of perpetual youth and can reverse all damage due to the cryopreservation process. The word cryonics is a neologism invented by Karl Werner in 1965 in connection with the creation of the Cryonics Society of New York. Cryo is a Greek root meaning "cold". (return to contents head) (return to topic head) I-B. What is cryogenics Cryogenics is low-temperature (below -100°C) physics. The use of the word "cryogenics" when meaning "cryonics" is typically indicative of a person who has not seriously investigated cryonics. (return to contents head) (return to topic head) I-C. What is a cryoprotectant A cryoprotectant For more information on cryoprotectants, see

6. Cryonics Research Guide | Find Articles At BNET.com Find articles on cryonics. Use our featured publications to get information on its uses, which range from fertility treatments to the extension of human http://findarticles.com/p/page?sb=topic&tpp=cryonics

7. Howstuffworks "How Cryonics Works" cryonics the technique used to store human bodies at extremely low temperatures with the hope of one day reviving them is being performed today, http://science.howstuffworks.com/cryonics.htm

HowStuffWorks.com RSS Make HowStuffWorks your homepage Get Newsletter Search HowStuffWorks and the web: Science Life Science Genetic Science Genetics is the study of cellular science. It furthers our understanding of how DNA and the genetic make-up of species and can lead to cures for diseases and shape our future. Related Categories: REFERENCE LINKS Print Email Cite Please copy/paste the following text to properly cite this How Stuff Works article: How Cryonics Works by Stephanie Watson Inside This Article Introduction to How Cryonics Works What is Cryonics? How is Cryonics Performed? Has Anyone Been Preserved Using Cryonics? The History of Cryonics ... articles Photo courtesy Alcor Life Extension Foundation Cryogenic storage containers. See more cryonics pictures The year is 1967. A British secret agent has been "frozen," awaiting the day when his arch nemesis will return from his own deep freeze to once again threaten the world. That day finally arrives in 1997. The agent is revived after 30 years on ice, and he saves the world from imminent destruction. You'll probably recognize this scenario from the hit movie, "

8. Cryonics An extensive list of links to cryonics articles and to European sites related to cryonics. http://www.aleph.se/Trans/Individual/Cryonics/

Transhuman Page Individual Sphere Cryonics That is not dead that can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die. H. P. Lovecraft Centuries march by unknown, unknowable from my frozen slumber Mark Dowdey While most transhumanists are quite convinced that life extension will be possible, most agree that it will take several years (or decades/centuries) before immortality becomes practical. And in the meantime there is a non-zero chance that you die from accidents or disease, regardless of how healthy your lifestyle is. One answer to this problem is cryonics , or rather cryonic suspension ; the technique of freezing the body to so low temperatures that it does not decay significantly. If misfortune strikes, you could be suspended until medical techniques have been developed far enough to revive you and cure you. Cryonics is currently a big gamble, and even the enthusiasts acknowledge that there are many unsolved problems. But there is little to loose by choosing cryonic suspension: either it will work and restoration methods will be developed and used in the far future, or it won't: You are suspended You are not suspended Cryonics Works You Live You are dead Cryonics Doesn't Work You are dead You are dead So the rational choice is to use cryonics, even if success is improbable, unless you consider the value of your life times the chance that it might work to be less than the cost of a suspension.

9. Cryonics, By Mark Prado A slim, but interesting perspective piece on cryonics by Mark Prado, an American living in Thailand. http://www.permanent.com/mark/cryonics.html

Cryonics Up until the late 20th century, when an individual died, they had two choices: Burial rot in the ground, or Cremation go up in smoke. Now there's a third choice: Cryonics be frozen in the hope that future technology and people will bring you back to life. A few companies are already offering the service. They freeze you slowly, eventually storing you in liquid nitrogen inside a stainless steel canister. You can pay up front, or else you can open a life insurance policy for an equal or larger amount and list the cryonics company as the beneficiary. The costs of storing people are not great. Once you've paid for the stainless steel canister and all the labor, transport, equipment and overhead for getting the deceased from their place of death to the cryonics morgue and into the canister, from that point in time onward the main cost is replacing liquid nitrogen that boils off. That is a very small cost. The cryonics company will have some of your money left over after you're in the canister. They can make money off the interest on the money left over. They can put money into your credit account to compensate for inflation and skim the rest off as profit. Cryonics companies, if set up very well legally and administratively, should be one of the most solid and long-lived businesses of today. You can freeze your whole body or you can save money and freeze just your head. If I recall correctly, the price for freezing your whole body is around US $100,000, but freezing your head costs much less, around $40,000.

10. The Cryonics Society - A Resource For Public Education And Research In New Poten The cryonics Society is an independent nonprofit organization and online information resource which works to support the emerging science of cryonics by http://www.cryonicssociety.org/

11. CryoNet - Cryonics Mailing List A free discussion mailing list on cryonicsrelated issues. May also be read on-line; posts accepted from subscribers only. Searchable archives are available http://www.cryonet.org/

Human cryopreservation (cryonics) is an experimental procedure whereby patients who no longer can be kept alive with today's medical abilities are preserved at low temperature for treatment in the future. On-Line Cryonics Resources Search Cryonics Mailing List (CryoNet) archives: Sort By: Relevance Oldest First Newest First Help Advanced SOAP Search of CryoNet archives RSS feed of latest CryoNet messages for news aggregators Browse CryoNet archive files , including all recent messages. Browse CryoNet Messages by Author Browse current queue of messages for the next daily CryoNet digest. (Requires JavaScript.) To subscribe to CryoNet, send email to var s1 = "cryonet-request"; var s2 = "cryonet.org"; document.write("" + s1 + ""@ + s2 + ""); with the subject line "subscribe". ( Detailed instructions. To subscribe to an UNdigested version of CryoNet, send email to: var s1 = "CryoNet-on"; var s2 = "secureid.org"; var s3 = "mailt"; document.write("" + s1 + ""@ + s2 + ""); Wikipedia Article on Cryonics Ben Best's Cryonics FAQ USENET sci.cryonics

12. American Cryonics Society - Human Cryopreservation Services For The 21st Century American cryonics Society Human Cryopreservation Services for the 21st Century. http://americancryonics.org/

Founded in 1969 A full service cryonics company since 1974 You are visitor since March 1, 1997

13. Cryonics Information Online cryonics has been defined as the technology for freezing a person after a terminal illness or a fatal accident, in the hope that medical science will be http://cryin.secureid.org/

Cryonics.Info Definitive Information on Cryonics Home About Books and Bibliography Cryonics Info. Stem-Cell Research ... Survey Results Members Join Now Login The University of Miami Brain Endowment Bank conducts research on cryo-preserved brains. Deborah Mash, Professor of Neurology, and Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology at the School of Medicine, and Director of Research for the Brain Endowment Bank. Cryonics has been defined as "the technology for freezing a person after a terminal illness or a fatal accident, in the hope that medical science will be able to revive that person in the future, when life extension and anti-aging have become a reality." Cryonic suspension is an emergency medical procedure designed to save lives (much like Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation), a last-ditch effort to forestall irreversible brain damage. Since the first individual was cryonically preserved in 1967, a handful of firms have sprung up offering cryopreservation and/or storage services to the general public (Badger, 1998)

14. Cryonics Instead, we turn to the science and business of cryonics, a serious effort to solve this problem that has been underway since the early 1970s. http://www.longevitymeme.org/topics/cryonics.cfm

live healthily - fight aging - extend your life Home Search Take Action! Articles ... Stem Cells Start Here! Are you new to healthy life extension? Click here to find out more about living a longer, healthier life. High Quality Supplements, Vitamins Take Action! You can help to make therapies for aging and life extension medicine a reality. Click here to participate in improving your future health and longevity! Articles The Case Against Aging Nick Bostrom Why Cryosuspension Makes Sense, Part 2 Terry Grossman, M.D. The Tithonus Option is Not an Option Chris Lawson Death is an Outrage Robert A. Freitas Jr. Pro-life Brenda Cooper Nanotechnology and Life Extension Chris Phoenix More Articles... Hot Topic: Cryonics Death is not a topic that people like to think about, and that is just as true of healthy life extension advocates as anyone else. We have to recognise, however, that the future of healthy life extension (regenerative medicine, stem cell therapies, understanding the biochemical processes of aging, and nanomedicine, to name a few fields) will not arrive soon enough to benefit everyone. Many people are too old, or suffer from other conditions that will kill them before cures can be developed. This is an unpleasant reality that we must face. Do we just write these people off and forge ahead regardless? Of course not. Instead, we turn to the science and business of cryonics, a serious effort to solve this problem that has been underway since the early 1970s.

15. Cryonics Europe Cryonic suspension services information. Patients are frozen in cryostasis till medical advances can revive them. Site has 1000 s of links, free books, http://www.quantium.plus.com/lr/cryonics-europe/

Cryonics Europe Cryonics Europe is a support and discussion group, based in Sussex, for people in Britain and the rest of Europe who are signed up for cryopreservation or who are considering it. They hold meetings in Sussex and at different locations in the UK and have an active email discussion group. Click here to join our discussion group. Enter Cryonics Europe Hosted by Plus Net Use this service to get free search engine updates. Click on the logo. Cryonics Institute Enter Cryonics Europe Alcor Foundation

16. TIMESHIPINFO Visionary design and project plans by architect Stephen Valentine for a building to house research into life extension, nanotechnology, and cryopreservation http://www.timeship.org/

17. Is Cryonics Feasible? cryonics is defined by its proponents as the freezing of humans as shortly as possible after death with the hope of eventual return to life. http://www.quackwatch.com/04ConsumerEducation/QA/cryonics.html

Home Search Your Guide to Quackery, Health Fraud, and Intelligent Decisions Send This Page to a Friend Is Cryonics Feasible? Stephen Barrett, M.D. Cryonics is defined by its proponents as "the freezing of humans as shortly as possible after death with the hope of eventual return to life." Proponents claim that it is possible to preserve "with reasonable fidelity" the basic biologic components of the brain and that future technology will be able to repair brain damage caused by "imperfect preservation, premortal disease, and postmortem changes." [1] In 2005 the cost for whole-body freezing and permanent maintenance ranged from about $28,000 to $150,000. “Brain only” suspension, which is less expensive, is also available. The Cryonics Institute states: As soon as possible after legal death, a member patient is prepared and cooled to a temperature where physical decay essentially stops, and is then maintained indefinitely in cryostasis. When and if future medical technology allows, our member patients will be healed and revived, and awaken to extended life in youthful good health. Bacterial decay may stop, but that is not enough to make recovery possible. As noted by Michael Shermer, founding publisher of

18. CryoCare Autoforward Page CryoCare Foundation offers cryonics services, experimental procedures whereby patients who no longer can be kept alive with today s medical abilities are http://www.cryocare.org/

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19. Cryonics -- TRANS TIME, Inc. Home Page -- Cryonic Suspension Service Provider TRANS TIME is a pioneering service provider in the exciting field of cryonics, based in San Leandro, California. cryonics is the science of placing humans http://www.transtime.com/

Cryonics is the science of placing humans and animals into a low-temperature, biologically unchanging state, immediately after clinical death, with the expectation that advances in medical technology may eventually enable full restoration to life and health. TRANS TIME is a pioneering cryonics service provider, based in San Leandro, California. If you are looking for information on TRANS TIME , cryonics, or websites covering related topics, you've come to the right place! In these pages you can find (or find your way to) everything you ever wanted to know about the most fascinating long-term scientific research project man has ever undertaken. For an introduction to our company and information on how to sign up for cryonic suspension services, visit our Introduction to TRANS TIME, INC. For a complete overview of the scientific field of cryonics, be sure to read our Cryonics Intro If you have questions or comments, you can fill out the

20. Cryonics Society Of Canada Home Page For education and to organize cryonics in Canada. Does not provide cryonics services. http://www.cryocdn.org/

As CSC grows, we hope to further develop local response capabilities, lobby for a more favorable legislative environment, and aid research. HOME PAGE CONTACT US LITERATURE AND LINKS HISTORY ... THE ISSUES THE CRYONICS SOCIETY OF CANADA CSC is a Canadian non-profit corporation dedicated to informing Canadians about cryonics and cryonics in Canada. Tomorrow's Technology Of Life Extension Today This document is written and distributed by the Cryonics Society of Canada for the purpose of educating Canadians and others about cryonics and about cryonics in Canada. There are currently no facilities maintaining cryopreserved patients in Canada or anywhere else outside of the United States.

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