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Annotated bibliography of cryoprotectant toxicity
Introduction Cryoprotectant toxicity should be distinguished from other mechanisms of cryopreservation injury such as chilling injury (injury produced by too low temperatures as such) and cold shock (injury produced by rapid cooling). Cryoprotectant toxicity itself can again be divided into … Continue reading
Posted in Cryonics, Science
Tagged Brian Wowk, Cryobiology, Cryoprotectant Toxicity, DMSO, Ethylene Glycol, Glycerol, Gregory Fahy, Vitrification
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Neural cryobiology and the legal recognition of cryonics
It has been said that if you want to persuade someone, you need to find common ground. But one of the defining characteristics of cryonics is that proponents and opponents cannot even seem to agree on the criteria that should … Continue reading
Posted in Cryonics, Death, Neuroscience
Tagged B2C, Brain Death, Brian Wowk, Cryobiology, Cryonics, EEG, Gregory Fahy, Information-theoretic Death, M22, Neural Cryobiology, Neuroscience, Robert J. White, Yuri Pichugin
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Mind uploading, falsifiability and cryonics
On the cryonics discussion list Cryonet cryobiologist Brian Wowk weighed in on the topic of mind uploading in a post that merits quoting in its entirety: I read with interest Bob Ettinger’s recent remarks about Mark Gubrud’s piece in The … Continue reading
Posted in Cryonics, Neuroscience
Tagged Brian Wowk, Cryonics, David Pizer, Falsifiability, Mind Uploading, Transhumanism
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Reversible cryopreservation
On the forum of the Immortality Institute there is an interesting exchange about the feasibility and time line for reversible cryopreservation. Cryobiologist Brian Wowk weighs in with some interesting observations: I think in the next 20 years more small animal … Continue reading
Posted in Cryonics
Tagged Brain Cryopreservation, Brian Wowk, Cryobiology, Cryonics, Ischemia, Nanotechnology, Vitrification
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5 dangerous ideas about cryonics
The cryonics organizations Alcor and the Cryonics Institute have taken great care to correct some of the persistent myths about cryonics. With so much widespread misinformation being circulated in the media it seems trivial to pay attention to some of … Continue reading
Posted in Cryonics, Death
Tagged Brian Wowk, Cryobiology, Cryonics, Human Cryopreservation, Thomas Donaldson
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Suspended animation is not cryonics
On the Immortality Institute cryonics forum, Alcor Board member and researcher Brian Wowk has posted some insightful comments on the difference between suspended animation and cryonics. Although impressive technical advances in cryonics to date, such as vitrification, have failed to … Continue reading
Posted in Cryonics, Death
Tagged Brian Wowk, Cryonics, Death, Suspended Animation, Thomas Donaldson
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Vitrification agents in cryonics: M22
M22 represents the culmination of decades of work in applied cryobiology by researchers Gregory Fahy , Brian Wowk, and others to develop a vitrification agent that can recover complex organs (such as the kidney) from cryogenic temperatures without ice formation … Continue reading
Posted in Cryonics
Tagged 21st Century Medicine, Brain, Brian Wowk, Cryonics, Cryopreservation, Gregory Fahy, Vitrification
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