X-Message-Number: 5954 Date: Mon, 18 Mar 96 18:20:16 From: Steve Bridge <> Subject: DNA storage at Alcor To CryoNet >From Steve Bridge, Alcor March 18, 1996 In reply to: Message #5941 From: (Brian Wowk) Newsgroups: sci.cryonics,sci.life-extension Subject: Re: Virtue of suffering Date: 15 Mar 96 08:12:06 GMT Brian wrote: > Actually, it's "Scrape me into a bucket and put it in the >*freezer*." I know of at least one (non-cryonics) firm >in the US that offers to store your DNA for posterity. Why shouldn't >CryoCare offer that option to our members? Actually CryoCare is >about to become the first cryonics organization that stores DNA of >its *living* members, allowing the possibility of a future clone >even in the unfortunate event that there's nothing left to "scrape >into a bucket". And in Message #5943, Bob Ettinger replied: >Brian Wowk (Cryonet #5941) says CryoCare will soon become the first >cryonics organization to offer DNA storage for living members. >Actually, Cryonics Institute already does (and has done) this, on >request. Brian, CryoCare isn't even second. Alcor has also been offering DNA storage to members (in return for donations during our fund-raising drives) for more than a year. Nice idea, though. Glad to see you're "catching up." (grin) Stephen Bridge, President () Alcor Life Extension Foundation Non-profit cryonic suspension services since 1972. 7895 E. Acoma Dr., Suite 110, Scottsdale AZ 85260-6916 Phone (602) 922-9013 (800) 367-2228 FAX (602) 922-9027 for general requests http://www.webcom.com/~alcor Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=5954