X-Message-Number: 5523 From: (Brian Wowk) Newsgroups: sci.cryonics Subject: Re: Radiation preservation Date: 1 Jan 96 21:29:58 GMT Message-ID: <> References: <> <4c85da$> In <4c85da$> (NetMan) writes: >I wonder- would you say the primary preservation effect of Cyronics is >the stopping of this enzymatic type of destruction or the >microbiological destruction? Microbial decay takes days to really get going in the brain, whereas nasty chemistry starts to happen within minutes of cardiac arrest. Certainly the most important benefit of cooling and freezing someone whose heart is stopped is the inhibition of chemistry. ************************************************************************** Brian Wowk CryoCare Foundation 1-800-TOP-CARE President Your Gateway to the Future http://www.cryocare.org/cryocare/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=5523