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Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 08:59:25 EDT
Subject: Pichugin

fair4us (#17622) asks for news about Dr. Yuri Pichugin at the Cryonics 
Institute.

I did, I believe, post a brief update just a few days ago, but I'll repeat it.

Dr. Pichugin's own new laboratory (not far from the main CI facility) has 
taken somewhat longer than expected (as expected) to prepare--physical 
upgrades to the building. But it should be ready by around the time of the 
annual meeting at the end of this month.

Meanwhile, he has been procuring, preparing and testing equipment and working 
on his research plans. At the meeting he will present his program as 
currently envisaged. (Visiting scientists from Michigan universities may also 
be present.) 

As I have said before, we are not requiring or anticipating any quick 
Hallelujah break-through, just steady progress in improving our procedures, 
which will continue to be systematically evaluated by both outside 
consultants and in-house methods.

Robert Ettinger
Cryonics Institute
Immortalist Society
www.cryonics.org

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