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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Three Strikes and You’re Out!
By Mike Darwin Left: Science Fiction writer Fred Pohl, with friend. Predicting the future is a tough business. It is an especially tough business when it is proposed that the prediction be highly specific and technically accurate. Say, akin to … Continue reading
Posted in Cryonics Biography, Cryonics History, Cryonics Philosophy, Culture & Propaganda, Philosophy
Tagged body freezing, brain cryopreservation, CNS cryobiology, connectome, cryonic suspension, cryonics, fred pohl, fred pohl and immortality, frederick pohl, head freezing, immortality, mike darwin, mike darwin and fred pohl, neuropreservation, robert ettinger and fred pohl, science fiction and cryonics, viktor frankel, viktor frankel and cryonics
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Through A Glass Darkly: Obstacles to Envisioning the Future of Cryonics
By Mike Darwin I think every cryonicist carries in his head his own unique model of the “future of cryonics.” Furthermore, I think that each individual cryonicist carries around a largely arbitrary and unique set of standards, rules and … Continue reading
Posted in Cryonics History, Cryonics Philosophy, Philosophy
Tagged Alcor, Alcor Life Extension Foundation, cryonics, cryonics code of standards, cryonics ethics, Cryonics Institute, cryonics morality, cryonics morals, cryonics regulation, future of technology, technological forecasting, the future of cryonics
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THE EFFECTS OF CRYOPRESERVATION ON THE CAT, Part 3
IV. EFFECTS OF CRYOPRESERVATION ON THE HISTOLOGY OF SELECTED TISSUES (Left Ventricle and Cerebral Cortex) Left Ventricle Figure 43: The myofibrils of each cardiac muscle cell are branched and contain a single nucleus. The branches interlock with those of adjacent … Continue reading
Posted in Cryobiology, Cryonics History, Cryonics Technology (General), Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
Tagged body freezing, brain cryobiology, brain freezing, brain ischemia, CNS cryobiology, connectome, cryobiiology, cryobiology, cryonic suspension, cryonics, glycerolization, head freezing, mike darwin, neuropreservation, reanimation, reperfusion, suspended animation, ultrastructure of frozen brains
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A Personal Update
I have been traveling, or here at Krell House in Northern Arizona, since 24 December of 2011, and have had virtually no access to the Internet, or to long distance telephony during that time. Additionally, communicating with the world via … Continue reading
Posted in Administrative, Cryonics Biography
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THE EFFECTS OF CRYOPRESERVATION ON THE CAT, Part 2
IV. EFFECTS OF CRYOPRESERVATION ON THE HISTOLOGY OF SELECTED TISSUES (Liver and Kidneys) Histology was evaluated in two animals each from the FIG and FIGP groups, and in one control animal. Only brain histology was evaluated in the straight-frozen control … Continue reading
Posted in Cryobiology, Cryonics History, Cryonics Technology (General), Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
Tagged body freezing, brain cryobiology, brain cryopreservation, brain freezing, brain ischemia, CNS cryobiology, connectome, cryobiiology, glycerolization, head freezing, mike darwin, neuropreservation, post mortem chsanges, reanimation, reperfusion, suspended animation, ultrastructure of frozen brains
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THE EFFECTS OF CRYOPRESERVATION ON THE CAT, Part 1
by Michael Darwin, Jerry Leaf, Hugh L. Hixon I. Introduction II. Materials and Methods III Effects of Glycerolization IV. Gross Effects of Cooling to and Rewarming From -196°C I. INTRODUCTION The immediate goal of human cryopreservation is to use current … Continue reading
Posted in Cryobiology, Cryonics History, Cryonics Technology (General), Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury, Perfusion, Uncategorized
Tagged body freezing, brain cryobiology, brain cryopreservation, brain freezing, brain ischemia, CNS cryobiology, connectome, cryobiiology, cryonic suspension, cryonics, glycerolization, head freezing, ischemia, mike darwin, neuropreservation, post mortem chsanges, reperfusion, suspended animation, therapeutic hypothermia, ultrastructure of frozen brains
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Liquid Assisted Pulmonary Cooling in Cardiopulmonary Cerebral Resuscitation, Part 3
Section 3: Perfluorchemicals (PFCs) Figure 3-1: Fluorine and carbon; the two building blocks of the remarkable molecules knows as the perflurochemicals (PFC)s. Physical Chemistry and Synthesis Perfluorchemicals (PFCs) are derived from hydrocarbons by replacing hydrogen atoms with fluorine … Continue reading
Posted in Cryonics Technology (General), Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury, Medicine, Uncategorized
Tagged acute lung injury, acute respiratory distress syndrome, ARDS, cardiac arrest, cardiiopulomnary resuscitation, cerebral resuscitation, cerebral resuscitration, CPR, cryonics, liquid breatrhing, liquid ventilation, lung cooling, mild thereapeutic hypothermia, partial liquid ventilation, perflurocarbons, posty cardiac arrest hypothermia, rapid induction of hypotherrmisa, suspended animation, therapeutic hypothermia, tidal liquid ventilation
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Liquid Assisted Pulmonary Cooling in Cardiopulmonary Cerebral Resuscitation, Part 2
Section 2: Experimental Studies to Determine the Effectiveness of LAPC under Laboratory Conditions Experimental Studies to Determine the Effectiveness of LAPC under Laboratory Conditions [This section is an edited version of an article authored by Steven B. Harris, Michael G. … Continue reading
Posted in Cryonics Technology (General), Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury, Medicine, Uncategorized
Tagged acute lung injury, acute respiratory distress syndrome, ARDS, cardiac arrest, cardiiopulomnary resuscitation, cerebral resuscitation, CPR, cryonics, liquid breatrhing, liquid ventilation, mild thereapeutic hypothermia, neurosalvage, perflurocarbons, PFCs, posty cardiac arrest hypothermia, reanimation, suspended animation, therapeutic hypothermia
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Liquid Assisted Pulmonary Cooling in Cardiopulmonary Cerebral Resuscitation – Part 1
Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 6 Table of Abbreviations, Symbols and Acronyms………………………………………….. 9 Section I: Introducing Liquid Assisted Pulmonary Cooling………………………… 14 Liquid Assisted Pulmonary Cooling in Cardiopulmonary Cerebral Resuscitation, Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 15 Hypothermia as an Active Therapeutic Agent ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 17 The … Continue reading