X-Message-Number: 6028
From:  (Brian Wowk)
Newsgroups: sci.cryonics
Subject: Re: Cryonics researchers are a bunch of amators
Date: 4 Apr 96 17:57:54 GMT
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References: <4k0k2p$>

In <4k0k2p$> SIREAU Jean-Yves <> write
s:

>I have been quite excited about cryonics since having come accross this
>newsgroup, but having read the bios of the staff of Alcor, the largest
>cryonics company (see page http://www.alcor.org/staff.html) I can only
>conclude that the whole thing is hype created by a bunch of amators.
>None of the staff seem to be serious scientists.

>Is any serious scientific work being done, or has the scientific world
>left it to the cowboys out to make a quick buck by pouring liquid
>nitrogen on dead people ?

        The most prolific publisher of cryonics research in the last
few years has not been Alcor, but BioPreservation, Inc. (BPI).
In fact, at this very moment in the sci.cryonics newsgroup there is
a report by BPI of a major technical breakthrough in respiratory support
and cooling of cryonics patients.  If you would like a URL by which to
the judge the technical seriousness of cryonics, I suggest

          http://www.cryocare.org/cryocare/bpi/bpi.html

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