X-Message-Number: 9086
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 1998 09:36:07 -0500
From: "John P. Pietrzak" <>
Subject: Re: 21CM (#9069)
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John de Rivaz wrote:

> The creation of a reanimation organisation is yet another rival to
> 21CM.

So far as I can see, many the funding sources that were available to
Prometheus are, by and large, unavailable to 21CM.  And, as a private
company, it should have little in common with a public society, inasmuch
as they don't duplicate each other's work.

> More importantly, Mr Pietrzak's contribution misses the point of
> cryopreservation.
> 
> [...] If we wait until revival is possible, then the number of people
> who could benefit from cryopreservation would be much smaller than
> now. Also those who are dying now will not be helped at all.

The question is, however, are those being helped by cryopreservation
today actually being helped?  Without a bit more knowledge of what
damage it causes, and how important that damage is, we can't answer
that question.  It may be the case that some information is being
permanently destroyed; if true, no future science can remedy that.

John

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