X-Message-Number: 9826 Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 12:43:08 -0700 (PDT) From: John K Clark <> Subject: Lost Brain Information -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In #9814 On Sat, 30 May 1998 Paul Wakfer <> Wrote: >the thawing process had partially masked the damage. When brain >slices were "freeze substituted" (ie. the ice remove in situ) and >then fixed, the true nature and extent of the damage was seen. I don't understand, it seems to me the thawing process couldn't possibly do anything except increase the amount of damage. >Another point that I want to make is that even many current major >hospital operations do not allow for the complete recovery of >memory/identity information. But I'm sure you would agree the inability to access information does not prove the information has been destroyed. >How about making a tax deductible donation to the Institute for >Neural Cryobiology's Hippocampal Slice Vitrification Project? OK, that's a reasonable criticism, I guess it's time for me to put some money were my mouth is. Could you remind me how to write out the check and where to send it? John K Clark -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.i iQCzAgUBNXGf9n03wfSpid95AQHrogTwnyjGsdS6CiIb9ilweamLa6LEFXkuXRtI 97M3TjqfnI6KeELv+i7kKJAiWlbSukqmdzQZyYdyECl4cUF/XgWDRab3GEd9wiHN gFP0bv6rojmxcrp6VbF2Z0EOAbq00SZlNbvwvDel4Uq3QfwEpga6Q0FLwysxjzSH +019Drksap0diQ7hSY5/xE5jUH6O3lMTccgOWIAPZblOFQqBSa8=Vp7G -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=9826