The science of deep freezing a body(deceased) is called Cryonics inorder to one day reviving them. It has been a phenomenon of keen interest by many for serious scientific exploration and study. It is also a fair share of pseudoscience, lore, and myth. Comical notes like Batman’s Iceman, and the (untrue) rumors of Walt Disney Sleeping Beauty have unfortunately, cast a non explainable shadow over the field of cryonics.
Well, for the first time ever in China this has become a
truth as a woman is recently cryogenically frozen. Women named Zhan Wenlian had
died at the age of 49 from lung cancer, her husband, Gui Junmin, “volunteered”
her for the cryonic procedure and said it was her will to donate herself to
science to “give back to society.” He told Mirror UK that he was initially
“pitched” the idea of cryonics with it being described as a “life preservation
project.”
This procedure — which has Wenlian’s body resting facedown
in 2,000 liters of liquid nitrogen — was completed at the Yinfeng Biological
Group in Jinan. This project is the collaborative effort of the Yinfeng
Biological Group, Qilu Hospital Shandong University and consultants from Alcor
Life Extension Foundation, a nonprofit cryonics company based in the United States.
Even with all the faith many have in the procedure, the
question remains: how scientifically possible is a project like this? Is this
just an experiment to allow us to better understand human biology, or could
cryonics one day become a feasible option?
Cryonics is all about timing. The bodies of the deceased are cryogenic ally frozen immediately after the heart stops beating. “Freezing” is a
bit of a misleading term, because cryonic freezing is actually very
specifically trying to avoid ice crystal formation — which damages the cells of
the body’s tissues. Rapid cooling, rather than freezing, is a more accurate
description of the process. A chemical cocktail of preservatives like glycerol
and propandiol, in addition to antifreeze agents, are commonly used to get the
body into a stable state where it won’t be decaying, but also won’t suffer
damage from being stored at low temperatures for, conceivably, a very long
time.
From there, the bodies are given specific care that caters
to the idea that death is a continuing process; one that can ultimately be
reversed. The aim of cryonic preservation would be to one day be able to thaw
the bodies and reanimate them at a cellular level — preferably without too many
epigenetic changes.
And here we present to you a tour of one of the very first cryonics centers established
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