X-Message-Number: 24514 Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 19:51:50 -0400 From: Francois <> Subject: For Thomas Donaldson I have seen a little demonstration that illustrates extremely well the sort of damage freezing causes. In a TV program called Mystery Hunters, they took a fresh brain (not a human one), put it in a stainless steel bowl and poored liquid nitrogen on it. Needless to say, the brain quickly froze solid. Then they let it taw. From its original rather elestic and firm texture, the tawed brain was turned into a disgusting greyish pink mush that retained almost none of its original structure. This demonstration showed how extensive the damage caused by freezing can be. Finding a way to preserve brains that bypass this problem is a must, or future technology will have great difficulty putting things back the way they're supposed to be. Francois Duct tape is a lot like the Force, it has a Light and a Dark side and it binds the Universe together. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=24514