Cryonics refers to the preservation of legally dead people or animals at low temperature (below _200'F, _130'C) so that future science can restore them to a healthy, youthful state. Advocates of using cryonics to extend life and youth are called cryonicists. Many scientists and doctors view cryonics with skepticism, discounting it as a science fiction fantasy. However, not everyone wants to put the deep freeze on this futuristic practice. Supporters say cryonics is based on projections of future technology, including molecular nanotechnology and nanomedicine. Read about the controversies surrounding cryonics in our scientific journals and articles.

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  Spare a thought for Raymond Martinot, founder of the cryonics movement, which seeks to freeze dead bodies in the expectation that a cure for death...

  Independent, The (London), 3/18/06 by JOHN WALSH · More from publication

• Moment of Death

  M OMENT OF D EATH Is there a moment of death? Millions of death certificates provide abundant evidence—or do they? Many world religions...

  Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying, 1/1/03 by ROBERT KASTENBAUM · More from publication

• Cryonic Suspension

  C RYONIC S USPENSION James H. Bedford is the first person known to have been placed in a state of cryonic suspension under controlled conditions....

  Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying, 1/1/03 by ROBERT KASTENBAUM · More from publication

• TODAY'S NUMBER: 50,000

  The number of dollars (pounds 32,000) spent in legal fees by Bobby- Jo Williams Ferrell, daughter of the baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams in her...

  Independent, The (London), 9/26/02 · More from publication

• Court case over frozen Red Sox star may collapse

  THE DAUGHTER of the Boston Red Sox legend Ted Williams may have to drop her case to remove her father's body from a cryonic freezing process because...

  Independent, The (London), 9/26/02 by Paula Nino in Miami · More from publication

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