X-Message-Number: 10117 From: (Randy) Subject: Re: Preservation of Swiss Ice Man's brain cells Date: Sat, 25 Jul 1998 18:40:00 GMT References: <> On Sat, 25 Jul 1998 15:08:51 GMT, in sci.cryonics you wrote: >(UPI Spotlight) >Iceman's fat cells well-preserved >INNSBRUCK, Austria, July 25, (UPI) - Scientists say (Saturday) they >have discovered ``extraordinarily well preserved'' fatty materials in >the >brain and thigh of the ``Tyrolean Ice Man,'' who died 5,300 years ago >and >whose frozen body was found in the Alps in September 1991. Writing in >the >journal Current Biology, Dr. Michael Hess of the University of >Innsbruck >expressed surprise that some subcellular remains were so well >preserved >and ``still display outstanding structural and molecular integrity.'' > > >*************** >Randy >Cryonics: Gateway to the Future? >http://www.mindspring.com/~cryon/cryonics/cryopage1.html Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=10117