This article is taken from Les Indispensables de Sciences et Avenir #211 October/December 2022.
August 2017. The body of a deceased Chinese woman is immersed in 2,000 liters of liquid nitrogen at a temperature of -196°C. The first in his country.
Up to 200,000 euros
Around the world, 2,000 people have bet on “resurrection” by signing a contract, despite the price - up to 200,000 euros. And about three hundred bodies (or body parts) are waiting in refrigerated containers… Cryonics, allowed in China, the USA and Russia, does not give any guarantees of “return to life”.
Irreversible brain damage expected
Because if you can “wake up” bacteria or frozen animal cells, or even freeze the brain of a rabbit (2016 American experiment), then “decryogenization” of a person can lead to irreversible brain damage. Another thing is to cure him of an incurable disease!