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Monthly Archives: December 2008
Methods to resuscitate rodents from ultraprofound hypothermia
This is the fifth entry in a series about resuscitation of non-hibernating rodents from circulatory arrest at ultraprofound hypothermic and high subzero temperatures. As we have seen, Radoslav Andjus had determined a method for achieving excellent (75-100%) recovery rates in … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Science
Tagged Audrey Smith, Death, S.A. Goldzveig, Science, Ultraprofound Hypothermia
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Robert White on brain death
Robert J. White is most known, or perhaps most notorious, for his work on primate head transplants. Less known, but more relevant to the practice of human cryopreservation, is his work in cerebral ischemia, hypothermia, and brain preservation. Most of … Continue reading
Posted in Cryonics, Death, Neuroscience
Tagged Brain Death, Cryobiology, Cryonics, Robert J. White
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Resuscitation of rats from high subzero temperatures
This is the fourth entry in a series about resuscitation of non-hibernating rodents from circulatory arrest at ultraprofound hypothermic and high subzero temperatures. Up to this point we have discussed the groundbreaking research in the early 1950s performed by Radoslav … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Science
Tagged Audrey Smith, Death, Radoslav Andjus, Science, Ultraprofound Hypothermia
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Microwave diathermy to resuscitate hypothermic rats
This is the third entry in a series about resuscitation of non-hibernating rodents from circulatory arrest at ultraprofound hypothermic and high subzero temperatures. Andjus and Smith were delighted that they had managed to modify Andjus’ chest-wall heating technique from using … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Science
Tagged Death, James Lovelock, Radoslav Andjus, Science, Ultraprofound Hypothermia
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Improved methods for resuscitation of cold rats
This is the second entry in a series about resuscitation of non-hibernating rodents from circulatory arrest at ultraprofound hypothermic and high subzero temperatures. As discussed previously, in 1951 Radoslav Andjus developed a simple method for resuscitating rats cooled to deep … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Science
Tagged Audrey Smith, Death, Radoslav Andjus, Science, Ultraprofound Hypothermia
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Resuscitation of rodents from hypothermic circulatory arrest
This is the first entry in a series about resuscitation of non-hibernating rodents from circulatory arrest at ultraprofound hypothermic and high subzero temperatures. Prior work in hypothermia began in the early 1900s, but because cardiac and respiratory arrest were observed … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Science
Tagged Audrey Smith, Death, Radoslav Andjus, Science, Ultraprofound Hypothermia
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The healthy skeptic
Consumers are constantly bombarded with advice about health. Lower your cholesterol, avoid carbs, take dietary supplements, avoid Teflon, get a full body scan, etc. Such advice does not fall on deaf ears. Who does not want to remain healthy, look … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Science
Tagged Dietary Supplements, Health, Life Extension, Meliorism, Science, Skepticism
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Robert Freitas discusses the future of nanomedicine
Nanotechnology idea-man Robert Freitas, Jr. has published an article in the January 2009 issue of Life Extension Magazine providing a tutorial in nanomedicine and documenting its progression toward real-world application. In “Nanotechnology and Radically Extended Life Span,” Freitas describes several … Continue reading
Greg Jordan on Buddhism, Epicureanism, and Immortalism
“Buddhism and Epicureanism combat the fear of death by accommodating the emotions to the reasonable certainty of death. Contemporary immortalism (which includes projects such as life extension, cryonic suspension, and universal immortalism) argues that scientific and technological solutions to the … Continue reading
Posted in Cryonics, Death
Tagged Buddhism, Cryonics, Death; Fear of Death, Epicureanism, Immortalism, Life Extension, Universal Immortalism
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Nanotechnology: The message matters
A recently conducted study brings a warning to technophiles who think that the facts are all that matter when informing a group of people about a new technology. The fact of the matter is that the message matters more. In … Continue reading
Eric Drexler launches Metamodern blog
Molecular nanotechnology pioneer and cryonics advocate Eric Drexler has launched his own blog called Metamodern: The Trajectory of Technology. This is what we can expect: In this blog, I’ll discuss current progress in science and technology, often with a specific … Continue reading
Richard Dawkins on fashionable nonsense
The Dutch psychologist Piet Vroon once opined that philosophy has lost much of its relevance because it has lost touch with the (natural) sciences. Although philosophers associated with logical positivism and critical rationalism made great efforts to discipline the practice … Continue reading
Posted in Science, Society
Tagged Philosophy, Physics, Postmodernism, Richard Dawkins, Skepticism, Social Science
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Gender differences in stroke treatment and prevention
Over the years, experimental science has developed a standard protocol for the testing of medical hypotheses using animal models which calls for the use of males only. Why? Because no laboratory scientist wants to deal with those pesky female hormones. … Continue reading