X-Message-Number: 18576 From: Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 18:18:15 EST Subject: Nitrogen Boiloff & new topic- brain preservation Congratulations on cutting your LN2 costs per patient in half! That is a significant savings which will compound interest and reduce costs over time. Very clever and simple.. but extremely effective. Thanks to Dr Ettinger for the clarifying info. I do have another question... does anyone have a suggestion for simple chemical or cryopreservation of brains? I find it darned annoying some of my relatives aren't cryonicists... but it seems an easy loophole for organ donor/brain preservation in a last minute effort... although that would be a "last revived" scenario- I'm wondering if there isn't some easy way to accomplish this without huge problems.. Is there a company that would provide simple preservation-- ie, organ donor a brain to a company that will provide simple preservation- then cryosuspend same? Are we missing a bet with some of our loved ones? Would very much appreciate conversation on this topic, specifically as to legality, chemical and/or cryopreservation, and then storage- and absolute time from death to preservation... I understand 11 hours is a significant number due to enzyme release? --- and costs cheap enough to be paid out of pocket. I am not interested in pie in the sky scenarios which would defeat the intent... quick, as effective as possible suspension of recent deceased with extraordinarily low costs. Thanks to everyone. best, Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=18576