X-Message-Number: 12641 Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 08:42:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Skrecky <> Subject: memory and priorities In Message #12635 Mike Darwin <> wrote: > I have grave concerns that just the act of CPA loading and unloading may > perturb membrane structure enough to irretrievably destroy higher-level > declarative memories. > I suspect that for fully reversible organ cryopreservation to become a reality, CPA loading would have to be preceeded by a separate step which loads membrane stabilizers, and other chemicals designed to block cryoprotectant toxicity. I doubt this could be done successfully on the "fly", simultaneously with CPA loading, particularly if vitrification is the goal. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=12641