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.
          
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Brian Wowk          CryoCare Foundation               1-800-TOP-CARE
   Your Gateway to the Future        
President           http://www.cryocare.org/cryocare/

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