X-Message-Number: 3137 Date: Wed, 14 Sep 1994 00:42:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Charles Platt <> Subject: CRYONICS:Unbundling To Dave Pizer: I'm sure you're right, and the example I gave was overly simplistic. I was trying to get across in the simplest terms a principle which I believe is important: that there are advantages to the unbundling of standby/perfusion/cooldown and long-term storage of patients. A more specific discussion of this model was initiated by your co-director Mark Voelker here on CryoNet about two years ago, and became quite detailed. If I'd had more time, I would have looked it up in order to provide you with the kind of examples you seem to require. Really, though, I can't help thinking that you must remember some of that discussion yourself. Of course I agree that a patient-storage company is not INVULNERABLE just because it is legally a separate entity; but for reasons already stated, I feel more secure in direct proportion to the degree of separation that is feasible. There are of course other advantages to unbundling such as consumer choice and profit-oriented competitiveness. Re the performance of cryopreservation teams (BioPreservation and Alcor), I used the word "currently" when I praised BioP's performance, and I stand by this assessment, which was derived from case histories that have been published in Alcor's own newsletter and here on CryoNet during the past year or so. Interested parties can read these case histories and reach their own conclusions. I feel that longer-term historical comparisons are not meaningful because the composition of Alcor's team has not remained constant. As for the future, obviously, anything can happen. To David Cosenza: since you prefer to deal only in allusions (with an occasional insult thrown in), no meaningful discussion is possible. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=3137