X-Message-Number: 13537 Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 11:18:28 -0400 From: gary tripp <> Subject: Re: PR on neuros versus brain only Doug Skrecky writes: > This was my thinking as well. To be a practical very low cost >alternative to whole body, whole body perfusion with cryoprotectants >would have to be omitted. Some tests would have to be performed to see >how well alternative cryoprotectant procedures involving only the brain >could be. For example rapid dehydration of a brain in an anhydrous >ethylene glycol/glycerol solution, which is circulated >through a silica gel bead filter might be a very inexpensive way to >prevent ice crystal damage. However it is unclear how toxic such a >procedure would be in practice to neurons. > This sounds like an interesting possibility. Has anyone been looking at this i.e. Darwin et al ? /gary Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=13537