Celebrities have requested cryopreservation after death. How does it work? Cryonics involves deep freezing deceased people’s bodies and organs for future resurrection. Slow cryogenic freezing slows death and preserves a body for years. If science can resurrect the deadcelebrities who ‘opted in’ to being preserved will live again. DJ Steve AokiSeth MacFarlaneand Paris Hilton have expressed interest in cryopreservation. HoweverTed Williamshis son Jon Henry Williamsand computer scientist Peter Eckersley have gone further and completed cryopreservation.
From Heartbeat to Cryostasis: A Deep Freeze for the Future?
Dr. Max MorePresident Emeritus of Alcora leading cryonics companyjoined in 1986. He told the Arizona-based company when a member is dying in a 2022 BBC documentary. The British-born practitioner said Alcor will send a ‘standby team’ if a subscriber is sick. These workers will stay with the sick member until death. “It could be hoursdayswe’ve gone as long as three weeks on standby,” he told BBC in 2014. After the member diesAlcor will use a ‘heart-lung resuscitator.’ This restores blood flow and powers the deceased’s organs. They will then administer cell-protecting medications.
Doctor More said“This point is very much like donating organs.” “We’re trying to keep the tissues viable until we can start the next part of the procedure.” Doctors will take the patient to the Arizona companies’ headquarters to prevent freezing damage. Surgeons use ‘medical grade antifreeze’ to replace patients’ blood. “Instead of ice crystals formingthe fluid we use will just become thicker and thicker,” the president said. After pumping the Alcor member with anti-freezecryonics begins. Before being placed upside down in a containerthe corpse will be protected in a sleeping bag.
Human remains will cool by one degree Celsius per hour in the aluminum pod. Resting body temperature will reach -196C after two weeks of gradual cooling. From therethe body will await medical advances to revive it. To keep the aluminum pods coolDr. More pours liquid nitrogen into the cylinders weekly.
Cryopreservation: Taking a Deep Freeze Gamble on Future Tech’s Hot Hand
Most of the 500 cryopreserved people in 2022 were from the USChinaand Russia. As expectedthis experimental science costs $200,000 (£158,000) to preserve the body and $80,000 (£63,000) to preserve the brain. If you’re brokeDr. More said almost 90% of Alcor members use life insurance to pay for the procedure.
This procedure is bizarrebut there is no evidence that resurrection will ever be possible. But Dr. More and Alcor’s patients are willing to risk it. “I think really it’s a bet on advancing technology,” the futurist said of medical advances. “We are funding nano-medicine research that will be very relevant to bringing people back.” He also said the company is starting to ‘grow organs in the lab’ for people who ‘can’t get a good organ match’ and that humanity will eventually beat death.
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