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From: "Basie" <>
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Subject: G. Urban
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 14:09:50 -0400

Even if this procedure was possible it will be to expensive even for the
very rich.

Basie

"I have an idea about cryonics. The main problem with cryonics is, that
people don't realize, that the frozen (and vitrified) patients are alive.
The main aim of cryonics research therefore must be, to verify the viability
of a deep cooled whole CNS. It is not enough to verify the viability of a
hyppocampal slice, although it's much easier to do because of higher
relative surface. All people would agree, that a simple injection is
non-fatal, although most people think, that freezing is fatal. What if you
would amplify the relative surface ratio of a brain by using the very
conservative method of ijection? Of course, many injections at a time. You
could inject the perfusion agents directly into the brain, thus achieving a
perfect distribution of the chemicals, which can even be specially mixed for
each different part of the brain. Unfortunately many blood vessels will be
hurt, but this, together with those cells, that were directly hurt, is much
lesser damage, than frost-related cell damage. (I mean, biologically, maybe
it does some informatical damage, but every brain surgery does. If the
injection needles are small enough, the info and blood vessel damage would
be relatively small.) Even a short viability after resuscitation in a brain
of an experimental animal would clearly show, that cryo patients are living
persons, and therefore it would basically redefine the status and acceptance
of cryonics."

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