X-Message-Number: 24532 From: "Basie" <> Subject: Ben Best writes Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 02:06:31 -0400 Ben Best writes: "I think that more progress has been made since cryobiologists have realized that ice is the problem. By trying to eliminate ALL ice -- ie, by vitrification -- the greatest strides have been made toward the possibility of organ preservation. " The strides made may have nothing to do with preventing mechanical damage. I am still looking for evidence that ice crystals actually cut membranes. Has it occured to someone that the reason it is so difficult to recover frozen human organs is because no one really knows what is going on. That all the research is based on out dated theories. Vitrification has nice ring to it. But that may be about it. Basie Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=24532