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Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 19:24:37 -0500 (EST)
Subject: CI & IS research

Some may be wondering what is happening with the research programs of the
Cryonics Institute and the Immortalist Society. 

They are alive and well, and reports will follow in due course. Various
aspects of the work are in stages of planning, ordering equipment and
supplies, performing experiments, and writing reports. At least two of Dr.
Pichugin's reports will shortly be available, generally via special issues of
THE IMMORTALIST. (We are having space availability problems with the regular
issues of THE IMMORTALIST, and many readers don't read the technical
material.)

We do not expect any quick, earth-shaking results, although we rule out
nothing. Most of the work will probably require long, tedious efforts. But we
are doing things not done before or elsewhere, and we are sure to learn
something, and probably some useful things. The work involves several types
of animal, including sheep, goats, rabbits, and cats. (We do not keep animals
on CI or IS premises, and all experimental animals are euthanized
immediately--killed painlessly--by a veterinarian; or in some cases freshly
killed animals are bought from a slaughterhouse.)

Your research donations are being put to good use. Please keep them coming.
Donations to the Immortalist Society are tax deductible. (Steve Gallant in
Britain recently sent us $3,000.)

Robert Ettinger
Immortalist Society
Cryonics Institute

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