X-Message-Number: 971 From: Ralph Merkle <> Subject: Introduction to Cryonics Date: Thu, 9 Jul 1992 14:15:51 PDT Everything you've always wanted to know about cryonics, but were afraid to ask! Come one, come all! Invite a friend! Subject: Introduction to Cryonics Date: Sunday July 12, 1992 Time: 7:00 pm Place: The house of Ralph C. Merkle 1134 Pimento Ave Sunnyvale, CA 94087 408-730-5224 Directions: take 280 or 101 to 85. From 85 take the Fremont exit towards Sunnyvale. Turn left at Fremont and Mary (a major intersection with shopping centers), and then turn right about a block later on Ticonderoga (there's a turn signal at this intersection). Go about a block and turn left onto Pimento. 1134 Pimento is the second house from the far end of the block, on the right. The business meeting is from 4:00 to 6:00, the pot luck is from 6:00 to 7:00, and the introduction to cryonics is from 7:00 to 8:00. Questions and answers and socializing continue after that. Information on all aspects of cryonics is available including technical; legal; what forms to fill out; what are the costs; what sorts of life insurance are available; what are cryoprotectants; what does freezing do to tissue; etc. etc. You're welcome to attend the business meeting, the potluck, and the introduction; or whatever subset strikes your fancy. We recently got two slides that show, for the first time, nerve tissue that was frozen and then freeze-substituted. Previous work shows nerve tissue that was frozen and then thawed. Thawing produces a number of changes in the tissue: the actual appearance of the frozen tissue is partially or largely obscured by the process of thawing. Freeze substitution provides more accurate information about the appearance of the tissue in the frozen state. Presumably, future methods of analysis and repair will not subject the tissue to the damaging process of uncontrolled thawing, so the frozen state of the tissue is more informative and more significant. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=971