X-Message-Number: 28287 References: <> From: Kennita Watson <> Subject: Re: Embryo cryonics-- CI officially rejects the idea Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 11:30:36 -0700 Ben Best wrote: > For many reasons I would be delighted if CI could > offer cryopreservation services for embryos, cord blood > stem cells, etc. However, the capital requirements could > be large, especially if we were to attempt to comply with > all the regulations. On the advice of legal council CI > is not going to venture into these areas at the present time. I get it now. The problem is that the US government et al. consider human embryos alive, whereas Alcor patients are considered dead, and there are much more stringent regulations for handling living people than dead ones. This points out a coming regulatory nightmare and huge expense that may come down the pipe soon. At whatever point it becomes clear to the Powers That Be that cryonics can actually work, we will need to comply with all the same regulations that the embryo-storage places have to comply with now. Heads-up -- we may become the victims of our own success. Live long and prosper, Kennita -- Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery; none but ourselves can free our minds. -- Bob Marley, "Redemption Song" Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=28287