X-Message-Number: 9132 Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 14:04:55 -0800 From: "Joseph J. Strout" <> Subject: organ donation? I know this has come up before, but I don't see it in the FAQ, nor could I find it in the cryonet archives (not having a search engine...): Why can't cryonics patients also donate organs? I understand that cryoprotectants are generally toxic and render the organs unsuitable for transplantation, but why can't we harvest the organs before administering cryoprotectant (as suggested to me by Jim Halperin)? Let's hash out a definitive answer to this question, one way or the other, and consider adding it to the FAQ. I expect Jim's book is going to bring a host of curious readers to our list, and they'll be expecting that they can sign up for cryonics AND be an organ donor... Thanks, -- Joe P.S. I can't help it: I have to add my praise to that already given to The First Immortal. I finished it this weekend, thoroughly enjoyed it, and plan on giving copies to all my family and closest friends. I think it will reach them in a way that no amount of rational, scientific argument can. ,------------------------------------------------------------------. | Joseph J. Strout Department of Neuroscience, UCSD | | http://www-acs.ucsd.edu/~jstrout/ | `------------------------------------------------------------------' [ Help stop spam: http://www.imc.org/ube-sol.html ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=9132