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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

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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

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Science Fiction, Double Feature, 2: Part 3

Introduction & Tour of the Alcor-B Foundation’s Mobile, Arizona Patient Care Facility & Existential Colony  Address given to Alcor-B Foundation Cryopreservation Members and Staff Alcor-B Cryopreservation Research Foundation (ABCRF) 15 September, 2012 By Gorton Carpenter, M.D., Ph.D., President of the … Continue reading

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Science Fiction, Double Feature, 2: Part 2

Introduction & Tour of the Alcor-B Foundation’s Mobile, Arizona Patient Care Facility & Existential Colony  Address given to Alcor-B Foundation Cryopreservation Members and Staff 15 September, 2012 By Gorton Carpenter, M.D., Ph.D., President of the Alcor-B Foundation Alcor-B Cryopreservation Research … Continue reading

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Science Fiction, Double Feature, 2

By Mike Darwin I promised a ‘Science Fiction, ‘Double Feature,’ so here is the second story. It has a lot of images and a number discrete ideas, so it will unfold in several parts to allow the reader the luxury … Continue reading

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Science Fiction, Double Feature…

By Mike Darwin I used to love science fiction. The trouble is that it simply became too believable to be any fun anymore. Space travel? Sure, everybody knows that’s possible, and thanks to Industrial Light & Magic, we all know … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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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