• The Mess of Modern Medicine

    Updated: 2010-06-30 03:31:24
    We are on the verge of a revolution in medicine : understanding , treating , and ultimately preventing the causes of degenerative aging . But medical revolutions only happen if we all stand up in support of funding and research . We did it for cancer . We're doing it for Alzheimer's . We can do it for aging and create an era of longer , healthier lives Email Contact reason at- fightaging dot- org Search The Causes of Aging Accumulating AGEs Buildup of Amyloid Between Cells The Failing Adaptive Immune System The Failing Innate Immune System Declining Lysosomal Function Mitochondrial DNA Damage Senescent Cells Other Causes of Aging Required Reading Calorie Restriction The Community , Visualized Cryonics Engineered Negligible Senescence Envisaging a World Without the FDA Healthy Life

  • Today’s nanotech lets $400 camera see cancer cells

    Updated: 2010-06-29 21:32:36
    Frequent Nanodot readers know that our main interest is longer-term nanotech, but sometimes what’s happening today gets pretty exciting as well.  A quick summary  of recent advances in nanotech used to fight cancer appears in a Computerworld piece by Sharon Gaudin; some excerpts: Rice University said yesterday that when the nanoparticles deliver dye to the cell, a [...]

  • Regeneration of Tooth Enamel: Cavities Healed in Mice

    Updated: 2010-06-29 03:21:04
    : We are on the verge of a revolution in medicine : understanding , treating , and ultimately preventing the causes of degenerative aging . But medical revolutions only happen if we all stand up in support of funding and research . We did it for cancer . We're doing it for Alzheimer's . We can do it for aging and create an era of longer , healthier lives Email Contact reason at- fightaging dot- org Search The Causes of Aging Accumulating AGEs Buildup of Amyloid Between Cells The Failing Adaptive Immune System The Failing Innate Immune System Declining Lysosomal Function Mitochondrial DNA Damage Senescent Cells Other Causes of Aging Required Reading Calorie Restriction The Community , Visualized Cryonics Engineered Negligible Senescence Envisaging a World Without the FDA Healthy Life

  • Finally: all nanotech degree programs listed on one site

    Updated: 2010-06-28 22:55:13
    For years we’ve watched academic degree programs in nanotechnology being announced piecemeal, or in partial lists.  Now it looks like Nanowerk has stepped up to the task of keeping a complete list, sorted by level of degree and country.  See it here: http://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology/nanotechnology_degrees.php A handy chart allows users to click through to see all the programs [...]

  • Hard determinism and the problem of evil

    Updated: 2010-06-26 04:31:29
    Arts Living Cryonics Death Health Neuroscience Science Society Depressed Metabolism Cryonics , Life Extension , Anti-Aging , Health , Science , Neuroscience , Death , Liberty Subscribe Subscribe by email About Authors What is cryonics Sitemap Hard determinism and the problem of evil By Aschwin de Wolf on June 25th , 2010 In  an insightful and well organized article PDF Nick Trakakis asks the question whether the existence of evil presents a bigger problem for theologies that do not allow any room for free will . He offers a number of theodicies that are available to the divine determinist” and concludes that although hard determinism introduces complications , these complications are not greater than alternative theological views that permit God less control over His creation . The article

  • Another Illustration as to Why There Will Be Many, Many Genetic Contributions to Longevity

    Updated: 2010-06-25 23:54:31
    , We are on the verge of a revolution in medicine : understanding , treating , and ultimately preventing the causes of degenerative aging . But medical revolutions only happen if we all stand up in support of funding and research . We did it for cancer . We're doing it for Alzheimer's . We can do it for aging and create an era of longer , healthier lives Email Contact reason at- fightaging dot- org Search The Causes of Aging Accumulating AGEs Buildup of Amyloid Between Cells The Failing Adaptive Immune System The Failing Innate Immune System Declining Lysosomal Function Mitochondrial DNA Damage Senescent Cells Other Causes of Aging Required Reading Calorie Restriction The Community , Visualized Cryonics Engineered Negligible Senescence Envisaging a World Without the FDA Healthy Life

  • Decellularization and Lung Tissue Engineering

    Updated: 2010-06-25 03:23:54
    We are on the verge of a revolution in medicine : understanding , treating , and ultimately preventing the causes of degenerative aging . But medical revolutions only happen if we all stand up in support of funding and research . We did it for cancer . We're doing it for Alzheimer's . We can do it for aging and create an era of longer , healthier lives Email Contact reason at- fightaging dot- org Search The Causes of Aging Accumulating AGEs Buildup of Amyloid Between Cells The Failing Adaptive Immune System The Failing Innate Immune System Declining Lysosomal Function Mitochondrial DNA Damage Senescent Cells Other Causes of Aging Required Reading Calorie Restriction The Community , Visualized Cryonics Engineered Negligible Senescence Envisaging a World Without the FDA Healthy Life

  • Top-down nanotech marching downwards (in a good way)

    Updated: 2010-06-24 22:36:02
    Nanowerk brings us news of advances at Singapore’s Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology: Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) in Singapore have now successfully demonstrated, for the first time, a lithography-free, direct-write technique for fabricating discrete field-effect transistors, as well as digital logic gates on a single nanowire… “Our single-step fabrication technique obviates the time-consuming [...]

  • Is Aging a Disease, Part II

    Updated: 2010-06-24 04:22:50
    , We are on the verge of a revolution in medicine : understanding , treating , and ultimately preventing the causes of degenerative aging . But medical revolutions only happen if we all stand up in support of funding and research . We did it for cancer . We're doing it for Alzheimer's . We can do it for aging and create an era of longer , healthier lives Email Contact reason at- fightaging dot- org Search The Causes of Aging Accumulating AGEs Buildup of Amyloid Between Cells The Failing Adaptive Immune System The Failing Innate Immune System Declining Lysosomal Function Mitochondrial DNA Damage Senescent Cells Other Causes of Aging Required Reading Calorie Restriction The Community , Visualized Cryonics Engineered Negligible Senescence Envisaging a World Without the FDA Healthy Life

  • Debating the Merits of Various Slow Boats to China

    Updated: 2010-06-23 03:08:49
    We are on the verge of a revolution in medicine : understanding , treating , and ultimately preventing the causes of degenerative aging . But medical revolutions only happen if we all stand up in support of funding and research . We did it for cancer . We're doing it for Alzheimer's . We can do it for aging and create an era of longer , healthier lives Email Contact reason at- fightaging dot- org Search The Causes of Aging Accumulating AGEs Buildup of Amyloid Between Cells The Failing Adaptive Immune System The Failing Innate Immune System Declining Lysosomal Function Mitochondrial DNA Damage Senescent Cells Other Causes of Aging Required Reading Calorie Restriction The Community , Visualized Cryonics Engineered Negligible Senescence Envisaging a World Without the FDA Healthy Life

  • Webcast and comment online to President’s Council on nanotech

    Updated: 2010-06-22 18:50:13
    Tihamer Toth-Fejel let us know that the public can comment online today, right now, our views on nanotech: http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ostp/pcast President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) President’s Innovation and Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) Golden Triangle1 Workshop 1 Golden Triangle: Research Encompassing Information Technology — Biotechnology — Nanotechnology. June 22, 2010 Webcast at: http://www.tvworldwide.com/events/pcast/100622/ Goal of Workshop: The information from this workshop will [...]

  • Gender Longevity Differences: Another Few Theories for the Pile

    Updated: 2010-06-22 03:27:03
    : We are on the verge of a revolution in medicine : understanding , treating , and ultimately preventing the causes of degenerative aging . But medical revolutions only happen if we all stand up in support of funding and research . We did it for cancer . We're doing it for Alzheimer's . We can do it for aging and create an era of longer , healthier lives Email Contact reason at- fightaging dot- org Search The Causes of Aging Accumulating AGEs Buildup of Amyloid Between Cells The Failing Adaptive Immune System The Failing Innate Immune System Declining Lysosomal Function Mitochondrial DNA Damage Senescent Cells Other Causes of Aging Required Reading Calorie Restriction The Community , Visualized Cryonics Engineered Negligible Senescence Envisaging a World Without the FDA Healthy Life

  • Open Science Summit to be streamed live

    Updated: 2010-06-21 23:00:46
    Not able to attend the Open Science Summit on July 29-31 in Berkeley, California? We’ll miss you, but you can watch the conference live at: http://fora.tv/live/open_science/open_science_summit_2010 Put it on your calendar now!  Or we’ll hope to see you in person, especially for the session where I’m speaking: “Safety and Security Concerns, Open Source Biodefense” at 5:15 PM on [...]

  • Naked Mole Rats Do Not Suffer From Cancer

    Updated: 2010-06-19 02:15:08
    We are on the verge of a revolution in medicine : understanding , treating , and ultimately preventing the causes of degenerative aging . But medical revolutions only happen if we all stand up in support of funding and research . We did it for cancer . We're doing it for Alzheimer's . We can do it for aging and create an era of longer , healthier lives Email Contact reason at- fightaging dot- org Search The Causes of Aging Accumulating AGEs Buildup of Amyloid Between Cells The Failing Adaptive Immune System The Failing Innate Immune System Declining Lysosomal Function Mitochondrial DNA Damage Senescent Cells Other Causes of Aging Required Reading Calorie Restriction The Community , Visualized Cryonics Engineered Negligible Senescence Envisaging a World Without the FDA Healthy Life

  • New open-access nanotechnology journal from Beilstein

    Updated: 2010-06-18 23:20:01
    Those of you with a background in organic chemistry will recognize the venerable name of Beilstein, originally a handbook of organic chemistry which evolved into a database, later combined with Gmelin inorganic data to form the Crossfire database. So the Beilstein brand is a powerful one in chemistry.  Nanowerk brings to our attention that Beilstein is [...]

  • Aubrey de Grey Presenting at the MIT Enterprise Forum

    Updated: 2010-06-18 03:42:14
    We are on the verge of a revolution in medicine : understanding , treating , and ultimately preventing the causes of degenerative aging . But medical revolutions only happen if we all stand up in support of funding and research . We did it for cancer . We're doing it for Alzheimer's . We can do it for aging and create an era of longer , healthier lives Email Contact reason at- fightaging dot- org Search The Causes of Aging Accumulating AGEs Buildup of Amyloid Between Cells The Failing Adaptive Immune System The Failing Innate Immune System Declining Lysosomal Function Mitochondrial DNA Damage Senescent Cells Other Causes of Aging Required Reading Calorie Restriction The Community , Visualized Cryonics Engineered Negligible Senescence Envisaging a World Without the FDA Healthy Life

  • Ash-2, Another Longevity Gene in Worms

    Updated: 2010-06-17 03:16:41
    We are on the verge of a revolution in medicine : understanding , treating , and ultimately preventing the causes of degenerative aging . But medical revolutions only happen if we all stand up in support of funding and research . We did it for cancer . We're doing it for Alzheimer's . We can do it for aging and create an era of longer , healthier lives Email Contact reason at- fightaging dot- org Search The Causes of Aging Accumulating AGEs Buildup of Amyloid Between Cells The Failing Adaptive Immune System The Failing Innate Immune System Declining Lysosomal Function Mitochondrial DNA Damage Senescent Cells Other Causes of Aging Required Reading Calorie Restriction The Community , Visualized Cryonics Engineered Negligible Senescence Envisaging a World Without the FDA Healthy Life

  • Russian Language Longevity Advocacy

    Updated: 2010-06-16 03:23:30
    We are on the verge of a revolution in medicine : understanding , treating , and ultimately preventing the causes of degenerative aging . But medical revolutions only happen if we all stand up in support of funding and research . We did it for cancer . We're doing it for Alzheimer's . We can do it for aging and create an era of longer , healthier lives Email Contact reason at- fightaging dot- org Search The Causes of Aging Accumulating AGEs Buildup of Amyloid Between Cells The Failing Adaptive Immune System The Failing Innate Immune System Declining Lysosomal Function Mitochondrial DNA Damage Senescent Cells Other Causes of Aging Required Reading Calorie Restriction The Community , Visualized Cryonics Engineered Negligible Senescence Envisaging a World Without the FDA Healthy Life

  • Official Alcor Facebook Page

    Updated: 2010-06-16 02:09:50
    Alcor Life Extension Foundation is on Facebook. If you would like to connect with Alcor members and supporters then visit our official Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/alcor.life.extension.foundation Become a fan and encourage interested friends, family members, and colleagues to support us too.

  • Official Alcor Facebook Page

    Updated: 2010-06-16 02:03:16
    Arts Living Cryonics Death Health Neuroscience Science Society Depressed Metabolism Cryonics , Life Extension , Anti-Aging , Health , Science , Neuroscience , Death , Liberty Subscribe Subscribe by email About Authors What is cryonics Sitemap Official Alcor Facebook Page By Aschwin de Wolf on June 15th , 2010 Alcor Life Extension Foundation is on Facebook . If you would like to connect with Alcor members and supporters then visit the official Facebook : page http : www.facebook.com alcor.life.extension.foundation Become a fan and encourage interested friends , family members , and colleagues to support Alcor . too Categories : Cryonics Tags : Alcor Cryonics Facebook Related Posts Alcor announces new job openings and funding for improved patient care Interview with Alcor member David Croft

  • Singularity University in the New York Times

    Updated: 2010-06-15 22:09:22
    Our friends over at Singularity University are described in some detail in a long article in the New York Times.  An excerpt, with names familiar to Nanodot readers as speakers at Foresight conferences: Some of Silicon Valley’s smartest and wealthiest people have embraced the Singularity. They believe that technology may be the only way to solve [...]

  • Humanity+ Summit 2010 Coverage and Video

    Updated: 2010-06-15 03:05:48
    We are on the verge of a revolution in medicine : understanding , treating , and ultimately preventing the causes of degenerative aging . But medical revolutions only happen if we all stand up in support of funding and research . We did it for cancer . We're doing it for Alzheimer's . We can do it for aging and create an era of longer , healthier lives Email Contact reason at- fightaging dot- org Search The Causes of Aging Accumulating AGEs Buildup of Amyloid Between Cells The Failing Adaptive Immune System The Failing Innate Immune System Declining Lysosomal Function Mitochondrial DNA Damage Senescent Cells Other Causes of Aging Required Reading Calorie Restriction The Community , Visualized Cryonics Engineered Negligible Senescence Envisaging a World Without the FDA Healthy Life

  • Executive Director's Report - June 5, 2010

    Updated: 2010-06-12 08:10:01
    : Alcor News An Inside Look at Cryonics and the Alcor Life Extension Foundation Larry Johnson Found in Contempt of Court Warrant Issued for His Arrest Main Executive Director's Report June 5, 2010 Jennifer Chapman Executive Director Board Report June 5, 2010 In mid-May , we cryopreserved 92-year-old Paul Garfield , a neuropreservation patient . Paul was a dedicated member of Alcor for 20 years and a long-time volunteer at the organization . Even in his 90's Paul maintained an active lifestyle , often going dancing and visiting Alcor weekly . After being hospitalized in early 2009, he moved out of state to live with relatives . Alcor developed a cordial relationship with his son , who expressed a desire to honor his father's wish for cryopreservation , despite personal reservations . The

  • Structural Causes of Increasing Life Expectancy

    Updated: 2010-06-12 02:31:42
    We are on the verge of a revolution in medicine : understanding , treating , and ultimately preventing the causes of degenerative aging . But medical revolutions only happen if we all stand up in support of funding and research . We did it for cancer . We're doing it for Alzheimer's . We can do it for aging and create an era of longer , healthier lives Email Contact reason at- fightaging dot- org Search The Causes of Aging Accumulating AGEs Buildup of Amyloid Between Cells The Failing Adaptive Immune System The Failing Innate Immune System Declining Lysosomal Function Mitochondrial DNA Damage Senescent Cells Other Causes of Aging Required Reading Calorie Restriction The Community , Visualized Cryonics Engineered Negligible Senescence Envisaging a World Without the FDA Healthy Life

  • Britney Spears to be cryogenically frozen after her death? – Daily Gossip | TwitterGlitter.com

    Updated: 2010-06-11 06:37:37
    Welcome to the Daily Gossip: your daily stop-off to find out who

  • Building the Foundation of Tomorrow's Immune System

    Updated: 2010-06-11 02:41:35
    We are on the verge of a revolution in medicine : understanding , treating , and ultimately preventing the causes of degenerative aging . But medical revolutions only happen if we all stand up in support of funding and research . We did it for cancer . We're doing it for Alzheimer's . We can do it for aging and create an era of longer , healthier lives Email Contact reason at- fightaging dot- org Search The Causes of Aging Accumulating AGEs Buildup of Amyloid Between Cells The Failing Adaptive Immune System The Failing Innate Immune System Declining Lysosomal Function Mitochondrial DNA Damage Senescent Cells Other Causes of Aging Required Reading Calorie Restriction The Community , Visualized Cryonics Engineered Negligible Senescence Envisaging a World Without the FDA Healthy Life

  • There Will Be Ten Thousand Subtle Gene Variants of Human Longevity

    Updated: 2010-06-10 02:58:18
    We are on the verge of a revolution in medicine : understanding , treating , and ultimately preventing the causes of degenerative aging . But medical revolutions only happen if we all stand up in support of funding and research . We did it for cancer . We're doing it for Alzheimer's . We can do it for aging and create an era of longer , healthier lives Email Contact reason at- fightaging dot- org Search The Causes of Aging Accumulating AGEs Buildup of Amyloid Between Cells The Failing Adaptive Immune System The Failing Innate Immune System Declining Lysosomal Function Mitochondrial DNA Damage Senescent Cells Other Causes of Aging Required Reading Calorie Restriction The Community , Visualized Cryonics Engineered Negligible Senescence Envisaging a World Without the FDA Healthy Life

  • H+ Summit “Rise of the Citizen Scientist” webcast this weekend

    Updated: 2010-06-09 23:36:58
    If you can’t make it to Harvard this weekend, June 12-13, you’ll want to catch the live webcast of the H+ Summit: “Rise of the Citizen Scientist”.  No link yet, but presumably they’ll be putting it on the event homepage before it starts.  Also presumably they will post the videos somewhere for longer-term viewing. UPDATE: [...]

  • Cryonics Oregon june meeting report

    Updated: 2010-06-08 23:55:23
    Arts Living Cryonics Death Health Neuroscience Science Society Depressed Metabolism Cryonics , Life Extension , Anti-Aging , Health , Science , Neuroscience , Death , Liberty Subscribe Subscribe by email About Authors What is cryonics Sitemap Cryonics Oregon june meeting report By Ben Best on June 8th , 2010 About 35 people attended the Cryonics Oregon-sponsored debate on the subject of SENS Chana de Wolf was mistress of ceremonies . A show of hands indicated that the great majority of those attending were signed-up cryonicists . There was a sizeable contingent of CI Members who drove down from Seattle for the event . One was Eron Hennessey who bid 100 for an autographed Nanomedicine book by Robert Freitas that was auctioned for the benefit of James Swayze who also attended the event The

  • Larry Johnson Found in Contempt of Court; Warrant Issued for His Arrest

    Updated: 2010-06-04 00:10:42
    : Alcor News An Inside Look at Cryonics and the Alcor Life Extension Foundation Alcor's 95th Patient Main Larry Johnson Found in Contempt of Court Warrant Issued for His Arrest On May 28, 2010, the Superior Court of the State of Arizona found former Alcor paramedic Larry Johnson in contempt of court and issued a warrant for his arrest . The associated judgment also ordered Johnson to pay Alcor 34,107.57 in addition to amounts owing from a July 2009 judgment against him and his wife . These new sanctions were the result of Johnson violating the July 2009 Arizona Judgment to stop disparaging Alcor , stop distribution of private patient records taken from Alcor , return all materials pertaining to Alcor , and otherwise stop communicating with third parties about Alcor . The July 2009 judgment

  • Fourth Asset Preservation Group meeting

    Updated: 2010-06-02 22:50:34
    Arts Living Cryonics Death Health Neuroscience Science Society Depressed Metabolism Cryonics , Life Extension , Anti-Aging , Health , Science , Neuroscience , Death , Liberty Subscribe Subscribe by email About Authors What is cryonics Sitemap Fourth Asset Preservation Group meeting By Ben Best on June 2nd , 2010 On the weekend of April 23-25 I attended a meeting of the cryonics Asset Preservation Group held at the estate of Ken Weiss near Gloucester , Massachusetts I will try to give a few brief summaries without going into detail about . every presentation Lori Rhodes , who is Terasem’s Legal Researcher , is working to create legally recognized category of autopsy specific for cryonics projects . I am admittedly somewhat cynical about the prospects of getting the rights of a tiny and ill

  • Alcor's 95th Patient

    Updated: 2010-06-02 02:56:59
    : Alcor News An Inside Look at Cryonics and the Alcor Life Extension Foundation Cryonics Oregon June Meeting with Aubrey de Grey and Ben Best Main Alcor's 95th Patient A long time member since 1990 and a volunteer at Alcor , Paul Garfield A-1608L entered into hospice care this past May in Plano , TX . Alcor's deployment committee decided to send Aaron Drake , Alcor's Transport Coordinator members of the Texas Regional Response Team and a team from Suspended Animation to perform a standby . A little more than 30 hours after arriving , Paul was pronounced and the team immediately began performing stabilization and cool down procedures , in preparation for transport to Scottsdale , AZ . He became our 95th . patient Born in 1917 in Boston , MA , Paul enjoyed a life of long distance running and

  • KrioRus cryopreserves 12th patient

    Updated: 2010-05-30 08:24:05
    Arts Living Cryonics Death Health Neuroscience Science Society Depressed Metabolism Cryonics , Life Extension , Anti-Aging , Health , Science , Neuroscience , Death , Liberty Subscribe Subscribe by email About Authors What is cryonics Sitemap KrioRus cryopreserves 12th patient By Aschwin de Wolf on May 30th , 2010 On May 16, 2010 the only non-US cryonics provider KrioRus announced the cryopreservation of its 12th patient . The patient was pronounced legally dead on May 5 in Kiev and cryoprotectant perfusion was completed on May 7 after initial cooldown and ground transport to Moscow . A more extensive report is available here It is encouraging to see more cryonics activity outside of the United States . The statistics of Alcor Cryonics Institute and KrioRus indicate that there are

  • BRITNEY SPEARS WANTS HER BODY FROZEN AFTER SHE DIES

    Updated: 2010-05-28 04:10:55
    Britney Spears wants her body frozen after she dies News about Britney Spears

  • Cryonics Oregon June Meeting with Aubrey de Grey and Ben Best

    Updated: 2010-05-27 23:45:56
    : Alcor News An Inside Look at Cryonics and the Alcor Life Extension Foundation Alcor Patient A-1712L David Hayes Main Cryonics Oregon June Meeting with Aubrey de Grey and Ben Best June 6, 2010 will be the next Cryonics Oregon meeting . It will coincide with a downtown Portland aging conference . As a result we have been successful in persuading Cryonics Institute President Ben Best and Alcor member and biogerontologist Aubrey de Grey to attend our meeting . The theme of the evening will be Strategies for Life extension and Rejuvenation : A Discussion with Aubrey de Grey and Ben Best . Dr . Aubrey de Grey will present a brief synopsis of his Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence SENS for regeneration and rejuvenation . Ben Best will reply with his view of shortcomings of the SENS

  • Cryonics Oregon June Meeting with Aubrey de Grey and Ben Best

    Updated: 2010-05-27 17:38:55
    Arts Living Cryonics Death Health Neuroscience Science Society Depressed Metabolism Cryonics , Life Extension , Anti-Aging , Health , Science , Neuroscience , Death , Liberty Subscribe Subscribe by email About Authors What is cryonics Sitemap Cryonics Oregon June Meeting with Aubrey de Grey and Ben Best By Aschwin de Wolf on May 27th , 2010 On June 6th the next Cryonics Oregon meeting will coincide with a downtown Portland aging conference . As a result we have been successful in persuading Cryonics Institute President Ben Best and Alcor member and biogerontologist Aubrey de Grey to attend our meeting . The theme of the evening will be Strategies for Life extension and Rejuvenation : A Discussion with Aubrey de Grey and Ben Best . Dr . Aubrey de Grey will present a brief synopsis of his

  • Humanist death apologetics

    Updated: 2010-05-25 19:53:24
    Arts Living Cryonics Death Health Neuroscience Science Society Depressed Metabolism Cryonics , Life Extension , Anti-Aging , Health , Science , Neuroscience , Death , Liberty Subscribe Subscribe by email About Authors What is cryonics Sitemap Humanist death apologetics By Aschwin de Wolf on May 25th , 2010 Some contemporary atheists and secular humanists do not stop at debunking the idea of God but seem to think that making a persuasive case against religion requires them to refute all of its associated ideas as well including the desire for immortality . Paula Kirby is not the first secular person praising our limited lifespan and glorifying death For atheists it is the very transience of life that helps to give it its meaning : for it prompts us to live it to the full , to try to make

  • Alcor Patient A-1712L David Hayes

    Updated: 2010-05-25 02:33:14
    : Alcor News An Inside Look at Cryonics and the Alcor Life Extension Foundation Arizona Team's Back-to-Back Responses Main Alcor Patient A-1712L David Hayes This past February , one of the original founders of Suspended Animation , Inc . and long time member of Alcor , David Hayes , suffered a seizure at his home in Florida . As the seizure was witnessed , 911 were called and David was taken to the local Emergency Department . He was pronounced when efforts to resuscitate him were . unsuccessful Due to David's youthful age of 46, his clinical death was referred to the Palm Beach County Medical Examiner's office . Alcor initially tried to prevent the autopsy from occurring , however the medical examiner said he was obligated under the law to perform the autopsy unless the court said

  • Body exhumed for head to be frozen - oddstuff | Stuff.co.nz

    Updated: 2010-05-17 03:20:18
    The siblings of a man who died more than a year ago must exhume his body so his head can be cut off and cryogenically frozen, a US court has ruled.

  • HowStuffWorks "What happens when you thaw a "corpsicle"?"

    Updated: 2010-05-16 14:15:17
    A corpsicle is a person that is frozen and then thawed at a later date. Find out what happens when a corpsicle is thawed.

  • Cryonics company wins latest court battle over Iowa man’s remains « Iowa Independent

    Updated: 2010-05-14 19:55:50
    The Iowa Court of Appeals has ordered the family of a deceased Iowa man to exhume his body so that his previous wishes to have his head frozen by an Arizona cryonics company can be met.

  • What happens when you thaw a "corpsicle"? - Holy Kaw!

    Updated: 2010-05-11 16:59:21
    An Arctic frog can spend weeks frozen solid. But once things warm up, the frog thaws out and goes about its normal business. Could people do the same? A corpsicle is a person that is frozen and then thawed at a later date.

  • A Tale of Two Cities: Washington and Brussels - The Bing Blog

    Updated: 2010-05-10 19:15:49
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  • Download FirmWare for ALCOR_ AU9382 UFDTool - Mp4Mp5World

    Updated: 2010-05-10 07:48:59
    Download FirmWare for ALCOR_ AU9382 UFDTool ALCRO

  • May 5, 2010 Episode

    Updated: 2010-05-05 05:01:00
    Stephen Euin Cobb (your host) is today's featured guest. Topics: The debut of the first ever Robot Girlfriend. (In this case a sex doll ... tags: future nanotechnology nanotech transhumanism cryonics NASA astronomy The Future And You

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