X-Message-Number: 7027
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 14:49:19 +0000
From: Chris Benatar <>
Subject: Amber

>Message #7022
>Date: Sun, 6 Oct 1996 19:38:19 -0500 (CDT)
>From: MAC TONNIES <>
>Subject: RE: CryoNet #7021

>Have any efforts been made to sythesize industrial quantities of amber
>resin? 
>I feel that immersing would-be cryonics patients in amber would prove
>more
>ultimately successful than conventional liquid nitrogen storage.  .
>Perhaps the
>amber needed to preserve a human body could be derived from
>genetically-modified trees.
>
>There was some brief excitement last summer re. amber, I think, after
>"Scientific American" ran an article about trapped insects.
>
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>Mac Tonnies

As I understand it, resin would be toxic to the cells. I think Amber
preserves structure well, but I think that the chemical reactions
destroy all chance of recovery. A bit like using Formelderhide (however
it is spelt)

Another thing to consider is that the insects preserved have never been
revived, and are unlikely to be. As I understand it, the DNA structure
is mostly missing. Another issue is getting the amber to be absorbed.

For now, freezing really is our best hope, but don't let that disuade
you from thinking up new ideas - thinking against the grain has been
responsible for some of the greatest discoverys ever.

Chris
-- 
Chris Benatar


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