Cryonics - Life after Death

Submitted by vbsishwarya on Sun, 11/15/2009 - 00:00

While some believe it’s impossible to know whether there is life after death, belief in immortality is timeless. People of all times and places in history have believed that the human soul survives death. If there is no consciousness beyond the grave, then life has fooled almost everyone from the Pharaohs of Egypt to the modern cryobiologists.

For those of us who enjoy life and wish we could have more of it, this is good news. And yet, we wonder: will we live long enough to enjoy the scientific breakthroughs that will save us? Cryonics offers an answer to this problem.

Cryonics is the preservation of legally dead humans or pets at very low temperature (below −200ºF, −130ºC) in the hope that future science can restore them to life, youth and health. Cryonicists are people who use or advocate cryonics to greatly extending life and youth. Legally, cryonics can only be applied to a person who has been pronounced dead by an authorized health professional. But the criterion for death is nearly always the cessation of heart beat. Almost all cells of the body, including those in the brain are still alive when death is pronounced. The main damage within the first hour is due to clotting and blood vessel injury. Apoptosis of neurons takes many hours. Hence cryonicists work out immediately in order to preserve the body.

Then by using molecular machines based nano technology we could revive the patients by repairing damaged cells. Therefore cryonics is a radical approach to save life where most of the work is to be done in future.

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Bhavani Prasad.V

Sat, 11/21/2009 - 13:19

Dear aishwarya,

Dont you think this practice in non-ecofriendly like isnt this an in-human practice??

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vbsishwarya

Sun, 11/22/2009 - 01:45

good one.
yes it is,but we have to consider only good from this
Example There is great scientist can we give assurance to his life
NO so in such cases we can preserve his brain and then apply this cryonics
such that it is much beneficial to our society.
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KGGOKULKRISHNA

Sat, 11/21/2009 - 14:36

hi aishwarya,
aftr comin thru dis topic i have some doubt like ...wen is dis started? by whom? and is any in earth who is living presently thru cryonics?

and thru dis cryonics can a common man have any chance to live..i mean economically??
do you think our government will accept dis cryonics into our country?? expecting an answer for (dis) takin in veiw our present population

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Gokul.

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vbsishwarya

Sun, 11/22/2009 - 02:08

Robert Ettinger is known to be the father of cryonics in 1962
cryonics is having two stages
1. Preserving dead
2. Bringing back to life
so presently we are dealing with frist stage only hence no one
presently surving.
it is very difficuilt for a common man to be cryopreserved

Cost is hike due to
 Remote Transport
 Cryoprotective Perfusion
 Laboratory Evaluations
 Temperature Descent
 Annual Liquid Nitrogen
 Storage Costs

Right now it is only in 1st stage so let us see if it comes to existance wat steps govt will take.
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Aishwarya

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kpraveen

Sat, 11/21/2009 - 15:22

after reading your topic i have a few doubts...1(why are the cryonic patients stored up-side down?2)how might future science be able to revive cryopreseved animals or humanbeings?

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Praveen

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vbsishwarya

Sun, 11/22/2009 - 01:57

1)as in worst cases when liquid nitrogen starts boiling head would be the least part to be get affected
2)cryonics is having two stages
1. Preserving dead
2. Bringing back to life
presently we are dealing with frist stage only
so lets hope that second stage also comes exist in near future
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saikuldeeproy

Sat, 11/21/2009 - 15:44

hi aishwarya,
urs is a very good topic...
as you are saying it is a life after death so can da tissues live for such many years if so can u suggest the name of the chemical in which it is placed?

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kuldeep

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vbsishwarya

Sun, 11/22/2009 - 01:52

Thank you for your your comment
cryonics is having two stages
1. Preserving dead
2. Bringing back to life
so presently we are dealing with frist stage only
here we use the chemicals in order to preserve the body
ex
Liquid nitrogen
b2c
m22

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dvsnaditya

Sun, 11/22/2009 - 16:25

It is really a great presentation..Aishwarya
To my knowledge, a person looses his senses (vision,hearing & feel) before his death. So through this process does the FUNCTION of the cells can be regained? Although they are in live conditions?

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vbsishwarya

Mon, 11/23/2009 - 01:26

Thank you for your your comment
cryonics is having two stages
1. Preserving dead
2. Bringing back to life
so presently we are dealing with frist stage only
Coming to your query,
• In the Journal of the American Medical Association and other respected sources, doctors have described cases of hypothermia (low body temperature) where the patient was lifeless, with no heartbeat, no breathing, and no brain activity, for up to four hours.

• When the blood is warmed and primed with oxygen and glucose, the cells start functioning again. And when that happens, life returns.
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swetha

Mon, 11/23/2009 - 14:30

hi aishwarya,
Great blog
Hey can you tell me the organizations?
Is any one in India?

Regards
Swethapushpa

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vbsishwarya

Mon, 11/23/2009 - 14:50

hi swetha,
thanks a lot for your comment
i have mentioned some but here are few

Organizations

1. Alcor Life Extension Foundation Scottsdale, Arizona
2. American Cryonics Society (ACS) California
3. Trans Time, Incorporated Oakland, California
4. Cryonics Society of Canada
5. Cryonics Association of Australia

In India presently no such Organization
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Aishwarya

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Nik

Mon, 11/23/2009 - 15:16

Dear Aishwarya,
Its a good topic and good presentation too. However it is non ethical and non-eco friendly to cryopreserve persons or animals, its just a personal opinion. And moreover it would be far cost effective and easier if we could store an embryonic cell of a person to be revived in the future.

Regards, Niklesh Rao V ATHARVANA
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vbsishwarya

Wed, 11/25/2009 - 15:29

hi Niklesh ,
Thanks for your comments.
coming to your query,
yes it is,but we have to consider only good from this
Example There is great scientist can we give assurance to his life
NO so in such cases we can preserve his brain and then apply this cryonics
such that it is much beneficial to our society.
Regards,
Aishwarya

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Nik

Wed, 11/25/2009 - 16:46

Your welcome. Good work keep it up

Regards, Niklesh Rao V ATHARVANA
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vbsishwarya

Thu, 11/26/2009 - 12:42

thank you!!!!!!!!
your quote is very nice.

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Nik

Thu, 11/26/2009 - 16:25

Thank you....all the best for your endeavors :)

Regards, Niklesh Rao V ATHARVANA

sirishaduvvuri

Thu, 11/26/2009 - 12:48

hi,
AISHWARYA
good job
Can you tell me wat does Apoptosis mean?

Regards D.Sirisha
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shafichamp

Thu, 11/26/2009 - 13:03

HI , YOUR TOPIC IS INTERESTING......... COULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN ME PHARAOHS OF EGYPT IN THIS CONCEPT.....?

shafi ..
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vbsishwarya

Thu, 11/26/2009 - 13:06

Thank you so much
i mean that from ancient past to mordern society

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vbsishwarya

Thu, 11/26/2009 - 13:04

Thank you so much for your comment.
Apoptosis means the process of programmed cell death (PCD) that may occur in multicellular organisms. Programmed cell death involves a series of biochemical events leading to a characteristic cell morphology and death; in more specific terms, a series of biochemical events that lead to a variety of morphological changes, including blebbing, changes to the cell membrane such as loss of membrane asymmetry and attachment, cell shrinkage, nuclear fragmentation, chromatin condensation, and chromosomal DNA fragmentation.
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umapratyusha

Tue, 12/01/2009 - 13:08

HI AISHU...........!
Its a very interesting and an attention grabbing topic.But i have some doubts.They are:
1)As you mentioned the various organizations working in this area,aren't there any in India?
2)Also i would like to know are there any persons who got their life revived?
3)I would also like to ask you in how much TIME can the person's life be revived after he died?

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Uma Pratyusha

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vbsishwarya

Tue, 12/01/2009 - 13:50

1)Organizations

1. Alcor Life Extension Foundation Scottsdale, Arizona
2. American Cryonics Society (ACS) California
3. Trans Time, Incorporated Oakland, California
4. Cryonics Society of Canada
5. Cryonics Association of Australia

In India presently no such Organization

2)There is no case which has been revived but still they are under cryostorage.

3)• In the Journal of the American Medical Association and other respected sources, doctors have described cases of hypothermia (low body temperature) where the patient was lifeless, with no heartbeat, no breathing, and no brain activity, for up to four hours.

• When the blood is warmed and primed with oxygen and glucose, the cells start functioning again. And when that happens, life returns.
Hence cryonists immediately work out as before the ishemic injury occurs in order to preseve the body.

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Bhavani Prasad.V

Fri, 12/04/2009 - 14:02

Dear Aishwarya,
Here is the latest update that i would like to share with you about Cryonics..

Status Update December 1, 2009

Total Members: 830

Funded Members with Contracts: 394

Human Patients in Cryostasis: 95

Human Tissue/DNA Samples in Cryostasis: 159

Pets in Cryostasis: 64

Pet Tissue/DNA Samples in Cryostasis: 38

Regards,

Regards,

Bhavani Prasad.V

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vbsishwarya

Sat, 12/05/2009 - 13:36

THANK YOU BHAVANI
Regards,

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Bhavani Prasad.V

Tue, 12/08/2009 - 12:45

You are welcome Aishwarya.. but i remember telling you already that i prefer you calling me Manu or B.P..

Regards,

Bhavani Prasad.V