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The 2011 3rd quarter issue of Cryonics magazine features a richly illustrated review and update of Intermediate Temperature Storage (ITS). ITS technologies will allow for long term care of cryonics patients at low subzero temperatures with reduced or no fracturing events. This issue also includes a timeline that tracks the history of ITS. Biologist Michael Rose, Ph.D., outlines his unorthodox… Read more »
In the 2011 2nd quarter issue of Cryonics magazine Alcor member Kenneth Hayworth, Ph.D., writes about the Brain Preservation Foundation and the Brain Preservation Technology Prize. The Brain Preservation Technology Prize aims to encourage researchers to develop chemical or cryobiological methods to preserve the precise pattern of synaptic connectivity in the brain. Alcor staff member Michael Perry, Ph.D., expresses Alcor’s… Read more »
The 2011 1st quarter issue of Cryonics magazine introduces the cryonics company Suspended Animation and informs Alcor members about how they can arrange for a Suspended Animation-controlled standby. Cryonics Institute President Ben Best contributes an article on deficiencies in the SENS approach to rejuvenation, and editor Aschwin de Wolf reviews a recent collection of interventive biogerontology articles. This issue also… Read more »
The 2010 4th quarter issue of Cryonics covers the challenging and sensitive topic of persuading family members to make cryonics arrangements. Editor Aschwin de Wolf contributes an article about writing cryonics case reports and how to overcome the challenges that a growing cryonics organization presents for writing them. We continue our coverage of Alcor staff members with a feature on… Read more »
The 2010 3rd quarter issue of Cryonics publishes the first comprehensive Alcor Human Cryopreservation Protocol. This document covers all steps of cryonics procedures, from standby to long term care at liquid nitrogen temperatures. Robert Freitas summarizes his econometric analysis of Alcor finances and Alcor staff member and life extension historian Mike Perry is featured in this issue’s member profile. Click… Read more »
The 2010 2nd quarter issue of Cryonics considers the philosophical position that life should not be brought into existence in an extensive review of contemporary antinatalist books. Former Alcor President Steve Bridge reviews a book with a far more optimistic perspective. Our profiled member for this issue is cryonics activist and recovering transhumanist Mark Plus. Click on the cover image… Read more »
The 2010 1st quarter issue of Cryonics features a number of contributions about third party interference with your cryonics arrangements and legal strategies to prevent it. Also covered is the challenging problems of dealing with brain-threatening disorders. In this issue we also meet Alcor member and musician Adele Fournet, one of our youngest sign-ups. Click on the cover image to… Read more »
