X-Message-Number: 12586 Date: Sun, 17 Oct 1999 19:34:23 -0400 From: Saul Kent <> Subject: Neglect Of Prometheus Project In msg. #12582, John Grigg asks: > Could the Prometheus Project be neglected due to 21st Century Medicine? The answer, I believe, is "yes". 21st Century Medicine (21CM) and the recently split off Critical Care Research (CCR) have conducted (and will continue to conduct) important research, the results of which can be applied to cryonics. Cooperative efforts are under- way with BioTransport to utilize these research results to improve the practice of cryonics. However, both 21CM nor CCR are aiming at financial success in mainstream medicine, science and industry. The achievement of suspended animation is not the primary goal of either company at this time. Progress towards improved cryonics and the eventual achievement of suspended animation would, therefore, be accelerated if there was significant financial support for research solely related to those goals from members of the cryonics community. I believe the best way of raising money from cryonicists for this type of research is to give them two options: investment in a for-profit company and/or don- ations to a non-profit organization. It will also require a more comprehensive research plan than has yet been developed. I expect to become involved in efforts to raise money from cryonicists specifically for cryonics- related research sometime next year. Any efforts by anyone else in the cryonics community towards this goal would be welcome. ---Saul Kent Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=12586