X-Message-Number: 16180 From: "Gary Tripp" <> Subject: Re:: The British Situation Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 07:57:46 -0400 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01C0D3A6.BD788D00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" All though I cannot speak with any authority here, I would speculate that the time between death and the application of suspension procedures - perfusion of cryprotectants etc - is vitally important. Perhaps the distance between the UK and the US makes the chances of a successful cryovitrification extremely unlikely and perhaps impossible. Perhaps Alcor is attempting to save our UK friends some money. I think that increasingly technology will focus on the minutes following death as a critical window for the success of the entire effort. I'm thinking of more than the simple administration of meds and cool down. The wonderful work of Mike Darwin in this area comes to mind. Perhaps these services can only be rendered by a superbly trained emergency team which can be quickly dispatched to the scene or cost effectively deployed in standby mode. The logistics of expanding coverage to include the UK may be impractical. How would Alcor respond if a foreigner were to sign up with the provision that he/she would move to Arizona in his/her final days of a terminal illness. /gary ------=_NextPart_000_000D_01C0D3A6.BD788D00 Content-Type: text/html; [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=16180