An interesting article about cryonics in the Metro, which is a UK paper given out for free on public transport routes.
Perhaps encouraging news that this cause is getting a bit more mainstream…we can hope.
For a long time cryonics was dismissed by many as science-fiction, an unnatural or even immoral procedure, but while the company make no bones about cryonics being an entirely speculative process, futurist and Alcor chief executive Max More says that the field is gaining legitimacy in the eyes of others.
People have certainly grown less hostile,’ he told Metro. ‘In terms of how science looks at cryonics we’ve definitely seen an improvement over time.’
Mr More added that Alcor’s teams which intervene at members’ deathbeds are also being treated more favourably by doctors.
‘Our relationship with hospitals and hospices has also improved; they used to be very adversarial and reluctant to even let us in, now hospital staff are usually fascinated and want to help in any way they can. They even let us position our equipment in the room next to the patient before clinical death, their whole attitude has really turned around.’
Optimism over the possibility that we may some day be able to bring humans back to life has been boosted by emerging technologies, in particular nanotechnology and its potential at a molecular level to repair and regenerate cells and tissues in the not-so-distant future.
Alcor believes that many problems relating to organs such as the heart and lungs which we currently consider fatal will one day be reversible using nanomedicine, a prediction which has led most of its members to choose just to have their head preserved (called neuropatients).
Read more: http://www.metro.co....y#ixzz24TQvBl8a
