X-Message-Number: 4961
From:  (Brian Wowk)
Newsgroups: sci.cryonics
Subject: Re: New formula for Freezing
Date: 10 Oct 95 04:36:46 GMT
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	Reversible cryopreservation of the heart (or ANY major
transplantable organ) would indeed be a major breakthrough.
However, careful reading shows the article to be long on
hype and short on results.  Yes the POTENTIAL of this technology
is enormous, but does the technology exist yet?  The article
does not state what temperature the frozen animal hearts
were recovered from.  Was it really -196'C, or is that still
the ultimate objective that is yet to be reached?  What journal
will these results appear in?  It's a bit hard to believe that
some newcomer could do in two years what teams of professional
cryobiologists could not do in a decade.

	Kevin, please cross post the article to the CryoNet
mailing list.  I'm sure there will be additional commentary
there.

---Brian Wowk 


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