X-Message-Number: 2637 Subject: CRYONICS: animal studies of burr hole drainage question Date: Thu, 10 Mar 1994 10:44:21 -0500 From: "Perry E. Metzger" <> From: (Stephen Bogner) > I do have one question, however. In BPI Tech Brief #4 (Ischemic Injury) > there are several references to animal studies, but none are mentioned in BPI > Tech Brief #3 (Burr Hole Drainage). It seems that the issues raised in #3 > could be resolved by an animal study (as could many other cryonics issues). > Am I correct in assuming that cryonics is sufficiently controversial that > animal studies are not being approved or conducted for ethical reasons? Actually, the problem is more one of money. BPI, Cryovita, and the other organizations doing research are interested in the answers to some questions more than they are to others, and all cryonics research is funded on a shoestring these days. That means that optimal brain vitrification technique research, for example, gets the money for animal studies before money and manpower would be allocated for questions like the source of burr hole drainage. I would encourage people interested in seeing these questions answered to find ways they can help to fund research. Perry Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=2637