X-Message-Number: 9643 Date: Thu, 07 May 1998 12:06:37 +0100 From: (John de Rivaz) Subject: Re: CryoNet #9630 - #9641 In article: <> writes: > From: "Christopher M. Rasch" <> > Subject: Thoughts on the failure of cryonics > References: <> (del) > How can one support research? > > 1) Invest in companies focused on organ cryopreservation work, like > 21CM. Is 21CM going to be available on a public stock market? CryoLife <http://www.cryolife.com> is publically quoted, and has just issued an interesting corporate profile about is research into organ cryopreservation. But the organs involved are really very small parts, such as * heart valves * saphenous and femoral veins * menisci and tendons It also produces bioglue - the "superglue" alternative to stitches nevertheless, it is obviously started out down a road which logically could lead, one day, to the cryopreservation of whole organs. (incidentally BioTime has had a smacking in the market - the shares are back to $9. These stocks are not for the faint hearted!) In article: <> writes: > Assuming that perpetual storage of a brain or tissue sample could be > reduced to $8,000, and $1000 respectively, you would be able to fund 62 > brains, and 100 tissue samples. no no no If you have a fund that is invested and is growing at x% then you can withdraw annual sums of less than x% and there is no limit of 62 brains or anything else. Instead you have $0.5m invested (in technology it should average 30% long term - the 50% of the last three years is unlikely to continue). You can take out some of the growth every year and use it to fund give-away projects and as long as the growth is still positive after you have taken it out this can go on for ever. In any year there is a fall, you simply do not fund projects. (If you are funding on-going research it is more complicated as you still have to support it if there is a bad year on the markets. In practise you'd probably use put options to insure peaks - this is what the California Technology Stock Letter recommends, anyway.) In article: <> writes: > If we make the prize contingent upon achieving some particular goal, > we don't have to pay until the criteria are actually met. Yes, and if you in the meantime have a growing fund, the value of the prize increases the longer it takes for someone to win it. Alternatively, you can make the prize x% of the fund, and when it is won you still have funds left to offer another prize for the next step on the road. -- Sincerely, * Longevity Report: http://www.longevb.demon.co.uk/lr.htm John de Rivaz * Fractal Report: http://www.longevb.demon.co.uk/fr.htm **************** Homepage:http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/JohndeR In the information age, sharing can increase world wealth enormously, because giving information does not decrease your information. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=9643