X-Message-Number: 7716 From: Brian Wowk <> Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 23:06:26 -0600 (CST) Subject: 21st Century Medicine Expands 21ST CENTURY MEDICINE EXPANDS OPERATIONS 21st Century Medicine, Inc. is the for-profit research company that develops many of the medical technologies applied by BioPreservation to CryoCare patients. As reported in a previous message, 21st has embarked on an ambitious program to perfect ice-free preservation of human cryopatients within two years. To achieve this goal, the full-time staff of 21st will be doubled over the next six months. Two new staff members can be announced at this time: Christopher Rasch, B.Sc. (Biological Sciences, Stanford) is joining 21st in March of this year. Chris is a cryobiologist from the laboratory of Dr. Gregory Fahy at the U.S. Naval Medical Research Institute (NAMRI) in Bethesda, Maryland. Chris is an expert in cryoprotectant toxicity assays in tissue slice models. He will be working on the development of new cryoprotectant solutions for organ and cryopatient vitrification. Brian Wowk, B.Sc. (Physics, University of Manitoba), M.Sc. (Medical Physics), Ph.D. (pending) will be joining 21st in August of this year. Brian has been a physics consultant to 21st for three years, and is coinventor of several new technologies related to organ vitrification (now under patent). Brian will be heading the cryobiology section of 21st. He is currently president of CryoCare, and hopes to have time to continue in this role while conducting research. Additional staff appointments will be announced in coming months. The growth at 21st is a source of great excitement for us at CryoCare, because we believe that the research may result in major advances offering potential benefits for anyone who is signed up for cryopreservation. The Benefactors of 21st Century Medicine Funding for this laboratory comes almost entirely from two benefactors, Saul Kent and Bill Faloon, who have dedicated themselves to supporting research more so than any other individuals in cryonics. For 1997 alone, their total research investment is budgeted at $583,700. Saul and Bill are the principals of the Life Extension Foundation (LEF), the well-known mail-order source for vitamins, nutrients, and information about anti-aging drugs. If you would like more information about their products and services, call (800) 841-5433. CryoCare is an entirely independent organization, not formally affiliated with 21st Century Medicine or with LEF. However, we are aware that some of the money we pay for products from LEF ends up helping to finance research at 21st which may benefit us as cryonicists in the future. *************************************************************************** Brian Wowk CryoCare Foundation 1-800-TOP-CARE President Human Cryopreservation Services http://www.cryocare.org/cryocare/ Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=7716