The first person to be cryogenically frozen marks their 50th year in a deep freeze

Orange County, CA - January 19th 2017 - Dr. James Bedford was born April 20th, 1893. Over the course of his life he married twice, had five children, worked as a professor of psychology, served in World War 1, and eventually died from kidney cancer in 1967. That however is not where his story ends. Having faith in the progression of medical science, he hoped to one day be reanimated, and therefore was cryogenically frozen subsequently after his death. The first person ever to be cryogenically frozen, this week marks his 50th year in preservation.

Calling someone ‘dead’ is merely medicine’s way of excusing itself from resuscitation problems it cannot fix today,” Alcor’s website states.

The process involves using extremely low temperature liquid nitrogen to ‘suspend animation’, or life, until a later date. After death, or deamination as cryogenists call it, the body is packed in ice and injected with an anticoagulant to reduce the risk of clotting blood and brain damage. Once cooled to a temperature just above the freezing point of water, the blood is removed. In its place, a Cryoprotectant solution is then introduced to stop the formation of ice crystals in the organs and tissues. Once completed, the corpse is ready to be stowed in a metal tank, called a Dewar, of liquid nitrogen at a temperature of around -196C. This is what’s called suspended animation.

The first person to be cryogenically frozen marks their 50th year in a deep freeze

Some bring up the ethical and moral dilemma of the procedure, while others doubt the science behind the methodology.

The main problem is that [the brain] is a massively dense piece of tissue. The idea that you can infiltrate it with some kind of anti-freeze and it will protect the tissue is ridiculous,” said Clive Coen, a professor of neuroscience at King’s College London.

Despite opposing views on the matter, thousands of people have put their names on a waiting list to be cryogenically frozen post mortem. There are currently nearly 400 people have undergone the process. The most recent discussion was spurred in light of an ill 14 year old girl’s story whom, battling cancer, wished to be cryogenically preserved and won her right to do so. Additionally, a team of researchers led by Robert McIntyre were able to freeze and afterwards thaw a rabbit brain with all of its synapses, cell membranes, and intracellular structures intact.

While the burning question of whether this procedure will ever be performed on humans remains, every day innovations in modern medicine bring the human race that much closer to escaping death.

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The first person to be cryogenically frozen marks their 50th year in a deep freeze Orange County, CA – January 19th 2017 – Dr. James Bedford was born April 20th, 1893. Over the course of his life he married twice, had five children, worked as a professor of psychology, served in World War 1, and eventually died […]