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The Armories of the Latter Day Laputas, Part 9
Figure 1: The Alcor facility in Riverside, California at night in June of 1987. The Scope of the Progress Included in what was achieved by Alcor from ~ 1982 to 1990, for an estimated total of $1,772,081 in 2010 dollars, … Continue reading
The Armories of the Latter Day Laputas, Part 8
Figure 1: Enkidu, Alcor/Cryovita canine total body washout (TBW) # 2. At top, Enkidu lies chilled to ~5○C, his blood replaced with a specially designed preservative solution (perfusate), near the end of his 4-hours of cold, bloodless perfusion. The perfusate … Continue reading
In Camera Historia: Cryonics Institute Facility, 1978
On 21 March, 1978 the Cryonics Institute (CI) acquired their first facility, a storefront building in the Detroit Metro area. The CI building was the first wholly owned (cash purchase) patient storage facility in the history of cryonics, and remains … Continue reading
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The Armories of the Latter Day Laputas, Part 7
Figure 1: Fred and Linda Chamberlain with an early prototype perfusion machine. By Mike Darwin Lessons from the Alcor Experience? The Alcor Life Extension Foundation, Inc. (Alcor) and its brother for-profit organization, Manrise Corporation (Manrise), were founded in 1972 by … Continue reading
Are You Really Sure You Want to Die? A Response and Commentary on the Inevitability of Aging and Death
By Mike Darwin A short while ago the comment appeared on a medical list serve where I post in response to the article “Going, Going, Gone…” which appeared here on Chronosphere about brain aging and the need to develop effective … Continue reading
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2
Question: How did God create heaven and earth? Answer: God created heaven and earth from nothing by His word only; that is, by a single act of His all-powerful will. Question: Why did God make you? Answer: God made me … Continue reading
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Status Report: 15 July, 2011
One of the unfortunate things about being as isolated as I am from easy dialogue with others (something much of the cryonics community suffers from) is that I don’t have much opportunity to sit around and verbally discuss the meaning … Continue reading
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suPAR Power: A rapid, inexpensive, highly accurate method of predicting all-cause and disease specific mortality
By Mike Darwin Introduction: The Magical Biomarker As I was leaving the conference exhibitors area, I was waylaid by Dr. Veerappan Chithambaram, the conference organizer. “Mike, there is someone I think you should talk to. I don’t know exactly why, … Continue reading
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The Armories of the Latter Day Laputas, Part 6
Figure 1: Corporations were created by people to be potentially immortal, and yet, on average, they have life spans much shorter than people. Very interestingly, they have about the same maximum life span as people: ~120 years. By Mike Darwin … Continue reading
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The Armories of the Latter Day Laputas, Part 5
By Mike Darwin Figure 1: Cryonics, a bridge to tomorrow, or snow choked catastrophe in the making? Failure: What is the Really Big Risk? What I have had to say in the four articles in this series to date has … Continue reading