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	Cryonics - Crystalinks
		Cryonics is the practice of preserving organisms by storing them at cryogenic temperatures where metabolism and decay are almost completely stopped.
		Cryonics has traditionally been dismissed by mainstream cryobiology, of which it is arguably a part.
		Some critics have speculated that because a cryonics patient has been declared legally dead, their organs are dead, and thus unable to allow cryoprotectants to reach the majority of cells.
	www.crystalinks.com /cryonics.html (1627 words)

	USATODAY.com - Cryonics lab one of three in United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Cryonics is the process of cooling patients down to the level where almost all physical decay stops and storing them in large vacuum-insulated capsules filled with liquid nitrogen until potential technology can bring them back to life.
		Cryonics Institute is a nonprofit company that has been operating since 1976 and has cryonically suspended 51 patients in about 27 years.
		Ettinger said the institute is not similar to a cemetery because the crypt is not permanently sealed and the liquid nitrogen is frequently replaced.
	www.usatoday.com /tech/news/2004-02-17-cryonics_x.htm (1053 words)

	Cryonics :: Cryobiology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Cryonics (often mistakenly called "cryogenics") is the practice of cryopreserving humans or animals that can no longer be sustained by contemporary medicine until resuscitation may be possible in the future.
		Cryonics advocates point to studies showing that high concentrations of cryoprotectant circulated through the brain before cooling can mostly prevent freezing injury, preserving the fine cell structures of the brain in which memory and identity presumably reside.
		Cryonics advocates counter that demonstrably reversible preservation is not necessary to achieve the present-day goal of cryonics, which is preservation of basic brain information that encodes memory and personal identity.
	science.gourt.com /Biology/Cryobiology/Cryonics.html (1648 words)

	Cryonics: Alcor Life Extension Foundation
		Cryonics is the science of using ultra-cold temperature to preserve human life with the intent of restoring good health when technology becomes available to do so.
		Cryonics is a speculative life support technology that seeks to preserve human life in a state that will be viable and treatable by future medicine.
		Cryonics as practiced by Alcor is not an interment method, mortuary practice, or dead tissue preservation.
	www.alcor.org (310 words)

	The Longevity Meme -- activism and education to defeat aging
		Cryonics is the only option for life extension open to many older and seriously ill people: those who cannot wait for the promised therapies of the next few decades.
		A small industry of cryonics providers exists to freeze or vitrify your body on death, in the hopes that future scientists (most likely using nanotechnology and nanomedicine) will be able to revive and repair you.
		Cryonics was in the news throughout 2003 and early 2004, largely thanks to the cryopreservation of baseball star Ted Williams and the ensuing high profile family fight over his will.
	www.longevitymeme.org /topics/cryonics.cfm (787 words)

	Transtopia -- Cryonics
		Cryonic suspension is an experimental procedure whereby patients who no longer can be kept alive with today's medical abilities are preserved at low temperature for treatment in the future.
		A Cryobiologist's Defense Of Cryonics, by Greg Fahy.
		Cryonics Survey, by W. Scott Badger, Ph.D. The results and analysis of a consumer survey designed to measure familiarity with and attitudes toward the idea of cryonics (conducted over the internet).
	www.transtopia.org /cryonics.html (2165 words)

	Big Chill (8/6/97)
		The founder of the Cryonics Institute figured that by 1997 or so, almost everyone would probably be frozen upon their death.
		When the Cryonics Institute formed as a nonprofit organization in 1976, a Michigan assistant attorney general issued a nonbinding, advisory opinion that said it would have to comply with state mortuary and cemetery regulations.
		Some cryonics firms ran out of money to pay for their liquid nitrogen supplies so the storied bodies thawed and had to be buried.
	www.metrotimes.com /news/stories/cul/17/45/cryo.html (1163 words)

	Cryonics
		In case you don't know, cryonics is a name for the idea of freezing bodies shortly after death and keeping them at a very low temperature until such time in the future as they can be thawed and the person revived and cured of whatever ailed them.
		Cryonic suspension has not been shown to work on mammals, so supporting research is essential if it is ever to become possible.
		Cryonics is considered to be so controversial that it gets no support (well, hardly any) from the usual sources of research money, the government and large corporations.
	nwfolk.com /cryonics.html (530 words)

	My Home Page
		The Cryonics Institute Facility, is located in an industrial subdivison of Clinton Township, Michigan, northeast of Detroit.
		In Michigan, the cryonics movement began in 1962, with the publication of Robert C. Ettinger’s publication of "The Prospect of Immortality," immediately after organizations such as The Immortalist Society, AKA Cryonics Society of Michigan, and later the Cryonics Association, was formed in 1967 to promote cryonics, and since 1970 has published The Immortalist Magazine.
		Cryonics is the rapid cooling of the body in liquid nitrogen in order to preserve DNA and tissue cells in hope of future technology and science someday will allow for the cure of diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s or other aging effects.
	www.angelfire.com /id/multicultural/cryonics.html (535 words)

	THE FIRST CRYONICS CASE IN TORONTO, CANADA
		In the Fall of 2002 I received an e-mail from Cryonics Institute President Robert Ettinger to the effect that a woman in Toronto was dying of ovarian cancer and that her son -- a dentist not living in Canada -- was making arrangements for her cryopreservation with the Cryonics Institute (CI).
		I was concerned that cryonics was her son's idea and that she might not be personally interested.
		The cryonics organization Alcor was originally giving barbiturate not only to reduce brain metabolism but to preclude this kind of disaster.
	www.benbest.com /cryonics/toronto.html (4810 words)

	Too Cool For The 21st Century
		Cryonics - often erroneously referred to as cryogenics - is what you might better remember as a convenient sci-fi plot device; think suspended animation or stasis, though neither is exactly comparable.
		The Cryonics Institute (CI) was set up to provide cryostasis services to anyone willing to cough-up the one-time fee of US$28,000-35,000.
		CI says that their organization is not profit driven, and built more on the idea of "mutual survival." Interestingly, since the 70s, CI has only attracted 600-plus members and has only 74 actual cryopreserved people (including Ettinger's first and second wives, and his mother).
	www.scienceagogo.com /news/cryonics.shtml (1033 words)

	What is Cryonics?
		Cryonics is the practice of preserving animals or humans under very low temperatures to halt the decay process.
		In futurist circles, cryonics is seen as a possible way to cheat death by preserving oneself until medical science can revive the patient without damage.
		Most cryonics advocates cite molecular nanotechnology as the likely future means of smooth and complete revival for cryopreserved patients.
	www.wisegeek.com /what-is-cryonics.htm (345 words)

	Howstuffworks "How Cryonics Works"
		Cryonics -- the technique used to store human bodies at extremely low temperatures with the hope of one day reviving them -- is being performed today, but the technology is still in its infancy.
		Cryonics is the practice of preserving human bodies in extremely cold temperatures with the hope of reviving them sometime in the future.
		Cryonics preserves the little cell function that remains so that, theoretically, the person can be resuscitated in the future.
	www.howstuffworks.com /cryonics.htm/printable (1775 words)

	This Week In Science - cryonics
		Cryonics Europe - A limited site with links to a handful of other sites; but might be useful for people looking for European cryonicists.
		Cryonics in Russia - Most of the text is in Russian language.
		Cryonics Survey - The results of a "Survey of Familiarity With and Attitudes Toward Cryonics." December, 1998.
	www.twis.org /science/biology/cryonics (811 words)

	The State News - www.statenews.com
		Andy Zawacki is the facility manager at the Cryonics Institute in Clinton Township, where he has worked there for nearly 20 years.
		Like a cemetery, the institute deals with embalming and the disposition of human remains, and those procedures need to fall under federal and state guidelines, he said.
		Because the technology to revive a cryonically suspended person is not yet available, more funding would allow more research to be done, explained Joe Kowalsky, a member of the board of directors at the Cryonics Institute.
	www.statenews.com /article.phtml?pk=22127 (1049 words)

	Funeral Service Journal Cryonics Articles
		The Cryonics Institute have a program designed to keep their costs constant despite inflation, but the political forces behind inflation are very strong, and they may not be able to do this forever.
		The Cryonics Institute use one pass on open circuit ie, first the washout fluid, and later the perfusate go into the artery, and the blood and the other fluids flow out of the jugular vein, to be disposed of in any convenient way.
		Although Cryonics Institute clients won't be prohibited from using anyone else, the considerable experience and abilities F.A. Albin and Sons have in the relevant fields would put any competitor to a severe disadvantage.
	www.quantium.plus.com /lr/funerals.htm (20897 words)

	Cryonics Institute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Cryonics Institute (CI) was incorporated in the state of Michigan on 4-April-1976 by four Michigan residents: R.C. Davis, Robert C.W. Ettinger, Mae A. Junod and Walter E. Runkel.
		Despite the fact that the Cryonics Institute was not involved in the case, the media hype spurred the State of Michigan to place CI under a "Cease and Desist" order for six months.
		For most of its history the Cryonics Institute perfused its patients with the (antifreeze) cryoprotectant glycerol, but in the year 2000 a cryobiologist was hired: Yuri Pichugin, Ph.D. who had done research on the Hippocampal Slice Cryopreservation Project (HSCP).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cryonics_Institute (859 words)

	Reference.com/Web Directory/Top/Science/Biology/Cryobiology/Cryonics
		Cryonics and Cryptography - "Cryonics, Cryptography, and Maximum Likelihood Estimation," a paper by Ralph Merkle, Ph.D. 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.
		Danish Cryonics Support Group - The DCSG consists primarily of Danish members of the Cryonics Institute (CI) and those interested in becoming members of a suspension organization.
		Timeship Cryonics - Visionary design and project plans by architect Stephen Valentine for a building to house research into life extension, nanotechnology, and cryopreservation of tissue and humans through vitrification.
	www.reference.com /Dir/Science/Biology/Cryobiology/Cryonics (996 words)

	Cryonics: Cheating Death
		One version of it, called cryonics, is seen by many as a means of literally cheating death, preserving a human body at the point of death and then, in some future time, reviving it when whatever killed it can be cured.
		Cryonics, derived from the Greek word meaning âcoldâ, is a very apt description for the process of preserving human bodies for future revival.
		By the 1970s there were a number of companies that offered cryonics services, though some of them went out of business due to the great expense of maintaining the bodies of their clients indefinitely.
	www.googobits.com /articles/2903-cryonics-cheating-death.html (468 words)

	Steve Harris on Cryonics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Both cryonics companies that Leary contacted in his final years--Alcor and Cryocare--assure me that Leary has gone the way of all flesh.
		Every religion needs its gods, and cryonics has a trinity in Robert Ettinger (_The Prospect of Immortality_), Eric Drexler (_Engines of Creation_), and Ralph Merkle, whose magnum opus on "The Molecular Repair of the Brain" can be downloaded at www.merkle.com.
		It is not impossible for cryonics to succeed; it is just exceptionally unlikely (and new techniques are routinely developed, the latest being "vitrification," where the brain is hardened to a glass-like substance that avoids freezing damage).
	www.georgeovermeire.nl /cryonics/harris.html (1427 words)

	Cryonics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Though cryonics is commonly (and understandably, though lamentably) perceived as a fringe practice, the revival of a cryonics patient would (to apply my favorite litmus test) violate no known physical law—and it seems only a matter of time before the requisite technology is developed.
		Cryonics is feasible because historical and technological trends point toward the development of the necessary technology some time this century.
		Cryonics is ethical because it involves individuals spending their own money in an attempt to save their own lives.
	eikonoklastes.org /articles/2006/07/09/cryonics (481 words)

	Cryonics: Suspension of the Body or Belief?
		Not only does it give an individual control over the fate of their body at the time of death, but it also provides an indefinite "detour" for those who believe they can just be put into a state of pseudo-sleep and one day be awoken.
		As Robert Ettinger claims in the book that started the cryonic's movement, The Prospect of Immortality, everyone should consider being frozen at the time of death since "burial is final, whereas freezing commits one to nothing but a second chance." You can always "change your mind after freezing, but not after burial" (73).
		The fact of the matter is that most cryonics companies do not even both with the whole head, they just freeze the brain.
	www.mythicarts.com /writing/Cryonics.htm (1556 words)

	Cryonics FAQ 6: Suspension Arrangements
		This text from cryomsg 0004 describes the largest cryonic suspension organizations: Alcor is not only a membership and caretaking organization but also does the cryonic suspensions, using Alcor employees, contract surgeons, and volunteers.
		Cryonics Institute (CI) 24355 Sorrentino Court Clinton Township, MI 48035 Phone/Fax (810) 791-5961 Email: cryonics@msn.com or ettinger@aol.com The Immortalist Society, which has the same address and phone number, publishes The Immortalist, monthly, $25./yr.
		Since no existing cryonics organization has the resources to establish relationships with coroners, morticians, and physicians near each of their members, some of this work becomes responsibility of the members.
	www.faqs.org /faqs/cryonics-faq/part6 (1473 words)

	Salon.com People \| Freezer culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		With an eye toward the future, the folks at the institute are aware that the bodies they freeze must be in the best shape possible.
		Meanwhile, Ettinger was busy forming the Cryonic Society of Michigan, which became the Cryonics Association, which became the Immortalist Society, which formed the Cryonics Institute, which was incorporated in 1976.
		And he's right: With Alcor asking for $120,000 per whole-body suspension and Trans Time Inc. and the American Cryonics Society, both in California, charging $150,000 and $135,000 respectively, there is little competition in the area of affordability.
	archive.salon.com /people/feature/2001/03/07/cryonics/print.html (2060 words)

	ClickOnDetroit.com - Local News - State Orders Local Cryonics Institute To Close
		CIS said the institute is operating as an unlicensed mortuary science establishment and a nonregistered cemetery.
		Cryonics is defined as the process of freezing and storing the body of a recently deceased person to prevent tissue decomposition so that at some future time the person might be brought back to life upon development of new medical cures.
		The Cryonics Institute may become licensed either as a funeral establishment or registered as a cemetery; however, current law would prohibit the Cryonics Institute from being able to do both.
	www.clickondetroit.com /news/2434929/detail.html (469 words)

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