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Research has come a long way. Dr. Brian Wowk gave a good presentation on the current state of tissue and organ cryopreservation here: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2157944955525659858&...

In 2004, some scientists at 21st Century Medicine managed to cryopreserve a rabbit kidney, thaw it, and transplant it back into the rabbit. They removed the other kidney so that only the rabbit had to rely solely on the treated kidney. It survived, though at first it had elevated creatinine levels. They repeated this experiment several times to show it wasn't a fluke. The paper is here: http://www.21cm.com/pdfs/cryopreservation_advances.pdf

The cryoprotectant invented by that team is now used by Alcor. The Cryonics Institute uses a similar formula. If either of those organizations get to you in time, the nanostructure of your brain will be accurately preserved.




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