X-Message-Number: 6007 From: (Brian Wowk) Newsgroups: sci.cryonics Subject: Re: frozen bacteria Date: 30 Mar 96 21:17:33 GMT Message-ID: <> References: <4jhlbv$> <4jhvv8$> In <4jhvv8$> bob whitaker <> writes: > They unfroze some long-dead bacteria millions of years old >recently, and they're making 30,000-year-old beer from yeast >thought extinct. These extraordinary results are relevant to the question of background radiation damage in cryonics patients. True, yeast and bacteria are more radio-resistant than eucaryotic cells, but they're not THAT much more resistant! *************************************************************************** Brian Wowk CryoCare Foundation 1-800-TOP-CARE President Your Gateway to the Future http://www.cryocare.org/cryocare/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=6007