rleyton writes: "Nature and the The BBC are reporting that scientists have successfully transplanted frozen organs. This could be huge for fertility treatment, and for meeting demand for organ transplants - There aren't enough donors to meet demand."
Maybe if they offered like a small tax break or something, people would be more likely to donate organs. I mean, otherwise, you're not getting anything, except a good feeling (oh. thats right. you're -dead-.) I'll donate any organs they want of mine - i'm not going to need them. Who wants a liver?
Actually, you don't even need organ freezing
to be perfect or even good for Cryonics to work.
The frozen brains need not be viable as a transplant organ, they merely needs to be enough
structure left in the brain for it still to be
possible to calculate exactly what the brain was
like when it was alive. If that is happens and
humans continue to make technological progress, then eventially frozen brain can be reconstructed in a new body or uploaded into a computer and emulated there.
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Maybe if they offered like a small tax break or something, people would be more likely to donate organs. I mean, otherwise, you're not getting anything, except a good feeling (oh. thats right. you're -dead-.) I'll donate any organs they want of mine - i'm not going to need them. Who wants a liver?
I hope they thaw before they insert. OTOH, it is possible to literally have a cold heart now...
Ah, the wonders of the 21st century. What will they think of next... adult stem cells?
Without you I'm one step closer to happiness without violence.
http://www.utexas.edu/admin/opa/discovery/disc1998 v15n1/disc-diller.html
Quote: "A bright future surrounds bioengineering and the contributions and impact the discipline will have on life and the medical sciences."
Actually, you don't even need organ freezing
to be perfect or even good for Cryonics to work.
The frozen brains need not be viable as a transplant organ, they merely needs to be enough
structure left in the brain for it still to be
possible to calculate exactly what the brain was
like when it was alive. If that is happens and
humans continue to make technological progress, then eventially frozen brain can be reconstructed in a new body or uploaded into a computer and emulated there.