X-Message-Number: 7028 Date: Tue, 08 Oct 1996 00:34:50 -0400 From: Brent Fox <> Subject: Amber suspension To: Mac Tonnies From: Brent Fox <> Date: Oct. 7, 1996 In CryoNet message #7022 you wrote: >I feel that immersing would-be cryonics patients in amber would prove more >ultimately successful than conventional liquid nitrogen storage. This is an interesting idea, but merely encasing the body in amber alone would not protect the most important part...the brain. The body would still need to be perfused with some sort of fixative to arrest internal decomposition. If such a fixative could be found or developed which would be safe to use, then Amber Suspension would probably be the best method. Amber encasement alone may be useful to store personal DNA samples for future use. I have used Canadian balsam to preserve some samples of my own. I don't know if it will work, but time will tell. This method is inexpensive to do, and right now is better than not having a sample stored at all. I also intend on having DNA samples stored in LN2 as soon as I can fund it. Brent *********************************************************** Brent Fox PGP FINGERPRINT 1E 19 41 F9 32 32 2F 70 4D C4 FB 14 3B E8 F0 50 Public key available upon request. *********************************************************** Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=7028