81. Cryonics A slim, but interesting perspective piece on cryonics by Mark Prado, an American living in Thailand. http://www.permanent.com/mark/cryonics.html

82. Can Cryopreservation Solve "The Abortion Problem"? A thoughtful article by Thomas Gramstad which examines the social implications of preserving aborted embryos. From Longevity Report. http://www.ifi.uio.no/~thomas/po/cryobortion.html

POP culture P remises O f P ost-Objectivism CAN CRYOPRESERVATION SOLVE "THE ABORTION PROBLEM"? Thomas Gramstad Longevity Report No 79, September 2000 Could cryopreservation solve or defuse the political conflicts surrounding abortion, by giving both sides what they want? Can abortion strife be replaced by "cryobortion" peace? This idea has been proposed by people in the cryonics community, most recently by Daniel Ust. The idea is to get "Right to Life" anti-abortionists to support abortion by having aborted fetuses cryopreserved rather than destroyed or "killed". If one can gain support for this idea, suggest its defenders, one could defuse a very deep conflict in Western societies. This could also be a test case or showcase for cryonics technology. I believe the answer to this question is no and yes, respectively. Because there really are two questions involved. The first question is about the relationship between morality and technology. This is the "no"-part of the answer, because technology cannot really alter the moral issues involved in abortion, it can only expand the range of possible choices. That is, new technology cannot obliterate, override, or curtail existing individual rights. Everyone still has full sovereignty and exclusive rights to decide over one's own body and all its parts. This includes the right to remove and destroy a body part, such as an embryo or a fetus. The second question, with the "yes"-part of the answer, is about the relationship between politics and technology. Cryopreservation technology opens up a new set of possibilities for the abortion-seeking woman, possibilities which are, or ought to be, palatable for (rational) anti-abortionists.

83. Life Extension Society A cryonics public education organization in the Maryland/D.C. area. Not a service provider. http://keithlynch.net/les/

THE LIFE EXTENSION SOCIETY A Not-for-Profit Maryland Corporation, Incorporated 1992 Ron Havelock, President Robert Jules Chaumont, Vice President Keith Lynch, Secretary Tom Meyer, Treasurer These pages are designed to be compatible with all browsers. The mission of the Life Extension Society (LES) is to support research and public education in human life extension. LES published the Life Extension Society News and sponsors speakers and seminars on life extension topics such as nutrition and nutritional supplementation, anti-aging medicine, cryobiology, and nanotechnology. LES is a membership organization, with most members being from the mid-Atlantic region. LES membership dues currently are $20.00 per calendar year. New members are always are welcome. The next Life Extension Society meeting will be held at 1:00 pm on Sunday, November 5, 2006, at Mark Mugler's home at 48 Adams St. NW., Washington, DC. The house is half a block from North Capitol. The two nearest major cross streets are Rhode Island and Michigan. The nearest Metro stations are Shaw/Howard on the Green Line, and Rhode Island Avenue on the Red Line. The phone number is 202-483-1760. Meetings are open to everyone with an interest in life extension.

84. CRYONICS − FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) Up-to-date answers to basic cryonics questions. A good starting point. By Ben Best. http://www.benbest.com/cryonics/CryoFAQ.html

by Ben Best For an overview of the essential questions of cryonics in essay form, see my piece Cryonics: The Issues CONTENTS I. Definitions I-A. What is cryonics I-B. What is ... X-C. How can I get more information about the cryonics organizations ? I. Definitions I-A. What is cryonics Cryonics is the practice of cryopreserving a legally dead person or animal for possible revival when future science can cure all disease, can rejuvenate to a condition of perpetual youth and can reverse all damage due to the cryopreservation process. The word cryonics is a neologism invented by Karl Werner in 1965 in connection with the creation of the Cryonics Society of New York. Cryo is a Greek root meaning "cold". (return to contents head) (return to topic head) I-B. What is cryogenics Cryogenics is a branch of physics or engineering that studies the production of very low temperatures (below −100ºC, −148ºF). The use of the word "cryogenics" when meaning "cryonics" is typically indicative of a person who has not seriously investigated cryonics. (return to contents head) (return to topic head) I-C. What is a

85. Would Freezing Ted Williams Really Work? - ABC News From ABCNEWS.com, an article on the cryonic suspension of Ted Williams by the Alcor Foundation and asking if the technology might work. http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=91481&page=1

86. Why Cryosuspension Makes Sense | KurzweilAI A long article by Terry Grossman, reprinted from The Babyboomers Guide to Living Forever (2000). http://www.kurzweilai.net/meme/frame.html?main=/articles/art0153.html

87. The Cryonics Society - A Resource For Public Education And Research In New Poten A non-profit organization that aims to educate and inform the general public about cryonics. Does not provide cryonics services and is not affiliated with any service organization. http://www.cryonicssociety.org/

88. Cryonics Europe Support and discussion group based in Sussex, UK, for people in Britain and the rest of Europe who are signed up for cryopreservation. http://www.quantium.plus.com/lr/cryonics-europe/

Cryonics Europe Cryonics Europe is a support and discussion group, based in Sussex, for people in Britain and the rest of Europe who are signed up for cryopreservation or who are considering it. They hold meetings in Sussex and at different locations in the UK and have an active email discussion group. Click here to join our discussion group. Enter Cryonics Europe Hosted by Plus Net Use this service to get free search engine updates. Click on the logo. Cryonics Institute A C S Enter Cryonics Europe Alcor Foundation

89. Longevity Report John DeRivaz s British site for cryonics, life extension, and the future. http://www.quantium.plus.com/lr/

Longevity Report Security Warning Some dishonorable people are sending emails that purport to come from *@longevity-report.com, where * is selected from a random selection of names. These emails promote products and services that are probably bogus. Do not attempt to buy anything from them, you will most likely just lose your money. Longevity Report does not send out emails at random, or to target audiences, advertising anything. Health Care Independent Candidate Click here for website Click arrow for Longevity Report contents list and free access to articles. Click number below for the issue required if you know it. Click here for featured article and here for the latest edition of Mike Price's special report on ageing. Click here for current issue. Click here for other projects, autobio and home page. Longevity Report addresses the issues surrounding the inevitability of death and what is available through science and technology to deal with the problem. Click here for an interactive web page where you can experiment with making complete paid up cryonics arrangements using investment gains. You'll need MS Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher to run, and your display set to 800 x 600 pixels. You may need to lower your security guard to load the program. Do not forget to rise it again afterwards. (Tools, Internet Options, Security.)

90. American Cryonics Society - Human Cryopreservation Services For The 21st Century The oldest Cryonics membership organization; founded in 1969 as the Bay Area Cryonics Society. In Mountain View CA. Offers background information, articles and theories. http://home.jps.net/~cryonics/

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91. NZCS Organisation dedicated to assisting New Zealanders who wish to use cryonic cryopreservation as an option upon legal death. http://www.nzcryonicssociety.org.nz/

New Zealand Cryonics Society Home About Us Links Books ... Contact Us Special Announcement! The NZCS has made contact with a US manufacturer that sells portable refrigeration units designed to hold a human body. Announcing the Whitmer Porta-Morgue please click here for more informtion The Case for Cryonics: The central idea of cryonics is simple: if sufficient biological structure in dying patients can be preserved at low temperature today, then revival and rejuvenation by future medical technology is (in principle) possible. This proposition is based on diverse but solid evidence from the fields of neurobiology, low-temperature biology, and theoretical engineering. We believe there is sufficient credible evidence to support the following assertions Persistence of long term memory and personality does not require continuous brain function. Clinical experience demonstrates that memory and personality may be retained in persons who have had prolonged breaks in brain electrical activity. Ultra-Low Temperatures can preserve fine brain structure indefinitely if the brain is carefully preserved in the first place.

92. What Is Cryonics? Article by Aschwin de Wolf about using low temperatures to care for the critically ill. http://www.depressedmetabolism.com/what-is-cryonics/

Cryonics Death Health Neuroscience ... Depressed Metabolism Cryonics, Life Extension, Anti-Aging, Health, Science, Neuroscience, Death, Liberty Subscribe Subscribe by email About Authors ... What is cryonics? Cryonics: Using low temperatures to care for the critically ill By Aschwin de Wolf Introduction In contemporary medicine terminally ill patients can be declared legally dead using two different criteria: whole brain death or cardiorespiratory arrest. Although many people would agree that a human being without any functional brain activity, or even without higher brain function, has ceased to exist as a person , not many people realize that most patients who are currently declared legally dead by cardiorespiratory criteria have not yet died as a person. Or to use conventional biomedical language, although the organism has ceased to exist as a functional, integrated whole, the neuroanatomy of the person is still intact when a patient is declared legally dead using cardiorespiratory criteria. Metabolic Arrest One step further than general anesthesia is hypothermic circulatory arrest. Some medical procedures, such as complicated neurosurgical interventions, require not only cessation of consciousness but also complete cessation of blood flow to the brain. In these cases the temperature of the patient is lowered to such a degree (≈16 degrees Celsius) that the brain can tolerate a period without any circulation at all. Considering the fact that parts of the human brain can become irreversibly injured after no more than five minutes without oxygen, the ability of the brain to survive for at least an hour at these temperatures without any oxygen is quite remarkable.

93. Human Hibernation Project - IceLift Human hibernation project. Offers the possibility of preserving all body tissues in an unchanged quality for a long time, in the expectation that the world will be a better place to live 50 years from now. Multilingual. http://www.icelift.com

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94. Cryonics Information Online A new discussion forum on cryonics, attempting to focus on science issues. Also some links to basic information. http://cryonics.info

Cryonics.Info Definitive Information on Cryonics Home About Books and Bibliography Cryonics Info. Stem-Cell Research ... Survey Results Members Join Now Login The University of Miami Brain Endowment Bank conducts research on cryo-preserved brains. Deborah Mash, Professor of Neurology, and Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology at the School of Medicine, and Director of Research for the Brain Endowment Bank. Cryonics has been defined as "the technology for freezing a person after a terminal illness or a fatal accident, in the hope that medical science will be able to revive that person in the future, when life extension and anti-aging have become a reality." Cryonic suspension is an emergency medical procedure designed to save lives (much like Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation), a last-ditch effort to forestall irreversible brain damage. Since the first individual was cryonically preserved in 1967, a handful of firms have sprung up offering cryopreservation and/or storage services to the general public (Badger, 1998)

95. Homepage A non-profit organization supporting cryonicists (members of both Cryonics Institute and Alcor) living in or visiting Hawaii. http://cryonicshawaii.org

The Cryonics Association of Hawaii Living Now and Living Later! Site menu: Homepage Life Extension Suspended Animation Founding Members Photos from First Visit ... Contact Latest news: First discussions . . Location: Homepage en Information: We are a friendly, informal group - contact us for more info! Links: The Cryonics Institute Alcor The Cryonics Association of Australasia The Cryonics Association of Hawaii webgen Andreas Viklund

96. THE FIRST IMMORTAL By James L. Halperin Web site for James Halperin s 1998 SF novel, which explores the future of cryonics and nanotechnology. http://www.randomhouse.com/features/firstimmortal/

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97. TRANS TIME Cryonics Intro -- A Simple Proposition Trans Time s Introduction to Cryonics. 3 printed pages. http://www.transtime.com/cryintro/cryintro.htm

A Simple Proposition A s mankind prepares to launch itself into a new millenium, the only thing that seems certain about our future is that there will be change. For many years now, our society and culture have been undergoing unprecedented transformation, thanks in part to the effects of improving technology. For some, the accelerating pace of change seems disconcerting, maybe even frightening. Such people see more upheaval and chaos than renaissance and revolution. But for many of us, there is an altogether different feeling, a feeling that there has never been a more exciting time to be alive. In the field of medicine in particular, there is cause for great optimism. We have never had greater power for restoring, maintaining and extending health, and yet the big payoff is clearly still ahead of us. Each year that passes marks a new record for medical research funding, and the impetus to greatly increase that funding is gaining strength daily. Many scientists now believe that, given enough time and money, most or all of today's major illnesses and causes of death might one day be cured through increasingly precise, molecular-based technology. Perhaps more startlingly, it even seems possible that the aging process itself (which is beginning to look less mysterious and more like other diseases) might also be cured through medical means, maybe even during the 21st century. In time, human beings might live such long, healthy lives that they begin to view the current average lifespan of nearly 80 years much as we view the less than 25 year lifespan of prehistoric humans (i.e.

98. CRYONICS: THE ISSUES An introduction by Canadian Ben Best, 8 printed pages. http://www.benbest.com/cryonics/cryiss.html

Cryonics: The Issues (An Overview) by Ben Best Cryonics Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) CONTENTS: LINKS TO SECTIONS BY TOPIC CRYONICS: PURPOSE AND DEFINITION CRYONICS AND DEATH CAN CRYONICS WORK? DOES CRYOGENIC TEMPERATURE DESTROY STRUCTURE? ... FURTHER INFORMATION I. CRYONICS: PURPOSE AND DEFINITION As defined in WEBSTER'S NEW UNIVERSAL UNABRIDGED DICTIONARY, cryonics is "the practice of freezing the body of a person who has just died in order to preserve it for possible resuscitation in the future, as when a cure for the disease that caused death has been found." If future molecular-repair technology can repair damage caused by cryopreservation (including freezing-damage), cure all diseases and stop (and reverse biological aging then cryonics is the "first aid" which can preserve contemporary humans for future science. A few people look forward to the time when their minds can be uploaded to a computer. In either case, cryonics may be the gateway to a future world of eternal youth and prosperity. Cryonics is to be distinguished from cryogenics , the physics of low temperature, and cryobiology , the science of low-temperature effects on biological systems. Use of the word "cryogenics" to mean "cryonics" is a quick tip-off that the speaker or writer is ignorant of the subject of cryonics.

99. Cryonics Institute -- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About Cryonics The Cryonic s Institute s Introduction to Cryonics. 11 printed pages. http://www.cryonics.org/prod.html

[Repeat if necessary] CRYONICS: A Basic Introduction (For the FAQ about Cryonics Institute Membership, see Becoming a Member: the FAQ Q: What is 'cryonics'? A: Cryonics is a technique designed to save lives and greatly extend lifespan. It involves cooling legally-dead people to liquid nitrogen temperature where physical decay essentially stops, in the hope that future technologically advanced scientific procedures will someday be able to revive them and restore them to youth and good health. A person held in such a state is said to be a "cryopreserved patient", because we do not regard the cryopreserved person as being really "dead". (For more detail on this question, see About Cryonics Q: Can cryonics be performed on living people? Q: How do you know revival is even possible? A: We believe that revival is a real possibility because: (1) Many biological specimens have been cryopreserved, stored at liquid nitrogen temperature where all decay ceases, and revived; these include whole insects, vinegar eels, many types of human tissue including brain tissue, human embryos which have later grown into healthy children, and a few small mammalian organs. Increasingly more cells, organs and tissues are being reversibly cryopreserved. (2) The repair capabilities of molecular biology and nanotechnology increasingly point to a future technology that can repair damage due to aging, disease and freezing.

100. Cryonic Suspension By Henry Kluytmans, a Dutch cryonicist. 5 printed pages. http://www.dse.nl/~hkl/e_cryo.htm

Cryonic Suspension Last updated 20-8-97 By Henry Kluytmans. For somebody who does not believe in an afterlife, this is the solution nearest to "reincarnation" . This is a concept which arose out of rational scientific thinking, this is no pseudoscience. The goal is not transportation to the future but SURVIVING ! First I have to destroy a misconception. The purpose of cryonic suspension is not to transport a healthy person to the future, where he continues his life unaltered. Cryonic suspension is intended for people who don't want their lives ended, forced by natural causes. People who do not want to accept the short standard life expectation imposed on them by natural evolution. It is clear that, in the not all to far future, the human life expectancy will be extended with a considerable amount. The same technology used for that purpose will also make it feasible to recover people from cryonic suspension, after which they can continue their lives, however with the prospect of a much longer and healthier life. Maybe these new medical technologies will be available sufficiently quick, to even safe most of the currently living people. However the chances are considerable that diseases or accidents (if not old age) will end life prematurely.

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