X-Message-Number: 5438 From: Brian Wowk <> Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1995 23:56:24 -0600 Subject: Cryopreservation On Tuesday, December 12, 1995, a team from BioPreservation, Inc. (BPI) cryopreserved CryoCare Foundation member James Leslie Gallagher of Huntington Beach, California. Jim is CryoCare's first patient since our formation two years ago. CryoSpan, Inc. will be responsible for Jim's long-term care under contract to CryoCare. Jim followed developments in cryonics and nanotechnology for many years, and may be best known to readers of CryoNet as founder of the CryoSociety (CRYOMSG #5224). He decided to join CryoCare earlier this year while undergoing therapy for colon cancer. Jim has a home page on the Web at http://www.deltanet.com/users/jim/ In the days ahead, BPI will be posting a full case history and detailed technical report of this cryopreservation. Despite many logistical and technical problems during this case, lab results indicate that this may the highest quality human cryopreservation acheived to date. Footnote: CryoCare regrets any confusion caused by the unintentional posting of private communications concerning this case by BPI staff on yesterday's CryoNet digest. Readers should be aware that for Mike Darwin, "the most disorganized standby/transport I have ever done" always means the one he just did. Other comments in that memo should be interpreted in a similar vein. A proper in-context presentation of the details of this difficult case will commence with tonight's digest. For the record: I am actually very satisfied with the biological outcome of this case, and much more concerned about this lapse of email security at BPI. There is no excuse for this kind of error (which could very easily have compromised patient confidentiality), and steps will be taken to ensure that it never happens again. *************************************************************************** Brian Wowk CryoCare Foundation 1-800-TOP-CARE Your Gateway to the Future President http://www.cryocare.org/cryocare/ Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=5438