X-Message-Number: 25245 From: Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 15:30:34 EST Subject: EMF Freezing Question? Does anyone know anything much about the EMF freezing that has been discussed here on cryonet? It seems like a dream come true if it works to LN2 temperatures. So... you would take someone at the moment of death, stick them in an EMF freezer, and then dump them into LN2? Or would you still want to perfuse people, or possibly radically change the perfusant used, if the cell membrane damage is no longer an issue? Also is there significant damage by exposing tissue to high EMF fields? I'm assuming the field does not need to be maintained for the duration of the freeze. Although I remember something about the dangers of introducing ice crystals into vitrified H2O... caused rapid crystalization doesn't it? I'd really like to hear from Robert Ettinger at CI and some of the folks at Alcor about this. Its a really exciting idea. One wonders about a day in the not too far future where EMF freezers are at all hospitals and trauma centers-- and really, how expensive is a big freezer and some big magnets? Also, does EMF freezing work well for a quick freeze? I think it might considering its planned use for food processing. it might be interesting to discuss that as well, one could postulate an EMF chamber where a body would be directly introduced to dry ice or LN2. Shades of Demolition Man... who woulda thought it? best, Mike Donahue Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=25245