X-Message-Number: 22777 Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 09:34:01 -0800 From: James Swayze <> Subject: Nagging idea References: <> Kennita's report on the neuroprotective effects of xenon reminded of an idea that has been nagging me for a while. Or perhaps I should call it a wish. Maybe others have had this same wish. I wish there was a compound the one could take daily to keep at certain levels in the body/brain, that upon onset of deanimation process of brain shutdown and accompanying apoptosis or ischemia (correct my ignorance if needed) would halt or slow these processes. I mean somewhere at the core of this process it comes down to chemical reactions, yes? Might there be non toxic chemicals that could stop or significantly slow neuron death when oxygen is starved and/or whatever else that triggers it, just for a while at least? James -- Member: Cryonics Institute of Michigan http://www.cryonics.org The Immortalist Society http://www.cryonics.org/info.html The Society for Venturism http://www.venturist.org Immortality Institute http://www.imminst.org MY WEBSITE: http://www.davidpascal.com/swayze/ Signature Memetic Virus--The worst enemy of those who now or will need medical care is the uninformed politician or moral fanatic who proscribe what doctors are allowed to prescribe and research, with the consent of their patients. Those who understand this are strongly encouraged to modify this to fit their personality, and add this to their signature file, and organize to recover our freedom from Big Brother. For those who wait until they are sick, it will be too late. Those who suffer from diseases which might have been cured by advanced medical research or schedule 1 drugs banned by Big Brother, have the right to hold accountable those who sat on their hands or worse, deferred their responsibility for personal and humanity's survival to unseen mystical agents, while they remained ill and dying. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=22777