X-Message-Number: 11998 Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 17:42:12 -0400 From: Saul Kent <> Subject: Supporting Cryonics Research And Services In Cryonet msg. #11990, Richard Gillmann says: "We need a lot more people interested in cryonics to support research, provide emergency response teams everywhere and so on." I disagree. I think we have more than enough resources in the cryonics community today to fund the research needed to develop ever-improving cryonics methods and services. There are a good number of wealthy cryonicists who I know personally (I'm sure there are others I don't know) who could easily provide adequate funding for cryonics research and improved services. Within the next year or so, these people will have the opportunity to advance cryonics in this manner by purchasing stock in companies set up to conduct cryonics research and provide cryonics services. One such company is 21st Century Medicine (21CM), which is conducting cryonics- related research, with mainstream applications in science, medicine, agriculture and industry. In the past nine months, I've made several announcements that stock would soon be available for sale in 21CM. It has become necessary, however, to postpone this stock offering several times for various reasons. The latest reason it is being postponed is that the company is in the process of split- ting into two companies. The cryopreserva- tion division will retain the name 21CM, while the division conducting hypothermia and resuscitation research will soon do business under the name Critical Care Research (CCR). A private placement to sell stock in the new 21CM is currently being worked on. Stock in CCR will be offered sometime after the 21CM stock offering has been completed. 21CM has already made major research advances that could be used to improve today's cryonics methods consider- ably. However, further research and training is necessary before these advances can be incorporated into the practice of cryonics. Recently, I started a company called Advanced BioSciences (ABS) to conduct the research necessary to improve the practice of cryonics. I expect to give cryonicists a chance to invest in ABS (through a private placement) sometime next year. Finally, there is BioTransport, a com- pany started last year to offer cryonics services. I've been told that cryonicists will be given the opportunity to invest in BioTransport in the near future. To summarize: there's plenty of potential investment capital in the cryonics community right now, and we'll soon see to what extent cryonicists are willing to support cryonics research and services. ---Saul Kent Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=11998