Tag Archives: Perfusion

The future of Alcor

Posted on September 22, 2009 by Aschwin de Wolf

Alcor’s recent news item about its 2009 Annual Board Meeting and Strategic Meeting contains a number of encouraging statements. On the front of institutional reform, however, there is not much news to report. The passage about the need to balance … Continue reading →

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Experiment made on the mummy

Posted on November 24, 2008 by Aschwin de Wolf

As documented in David M. Friedman’s The Immortalists: Charles Lindbergh, Dr. Alexis Carrel, and Their Daring Quest to Live Forever, Lindbergh and Carrel considered the human body a living machine made of replaceable parts. A major reason why Carrel was … Continue reading →

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Lindbergh and Carrel’s quest to live forever

Posted on October 30, 2008 by Chana de Wolf

It’s difficult to follow up a best-selling book about the cultural history of the penis, but David M. Friedman has a knack for engaging readers in topics that others find difficult to broach. This time he tackles the touchy subject … Continue reading →

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Remote blood washout in cryonics

Posted on January 31, 2008 by Aschwin de Wolf

One argument that is often raised in favor of “field vitrification” (or vehicle based vitrification) is that it will reduce the time of (cold) ischemia and eliminate the harmful effects of remote blood washout and transport of a patient on … Continue reading →

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