Alcor Life Extension Foundation

Cryonic freezing can preserve dying or recently deceased patients for possible future recovery, contends the Alcor Life Extension Foundation in the following viewpoint. Since low temperature freezing does not appear to significantly damage the brain cells where memory and personality are stored, Alcor argues, it is theoretically possible that medical techniques perfected in the future will be able to restore cryonically frozen individuals to life and health. Alcor publishes Cryonics: Reaching for Tomorrow, from which this viewpoint is excerpted.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. In the authors’ opinion, what is the necessary requirement for the success of cryonic preservation"
2. What types of tissues have been recovered from ultra-low temperatures, according to Alcor"
3. According to the authors, what is the extent of freezing injury in brain tissue related to"

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