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Science Fact Trumps Science Fiction
Will freezing really give sick people another chance at life in the future? Find out in this carefully researched, fascinating book. Perfect for classroom or library shelves, it will grab and hold the attention of the most reluctant readers. ... Read more

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The book gives a summary of the state of the art of cryobiology and its applications. The accent is on the underlying physical phenomena, which are common in such opposite applications as cryosurgery and cryoconservation, and the corresponding mathematical models, including numerical ones. The treatment of some more special issues is moved to the appendices. The glossary contains definitions and explanations of the major entities. All the topics considered are well referenced. The book is useful to both biologists and physicists of different level including practitioners and graduate students.

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This book presents a state-of-the-art summary of the applications of low temperature to clinical situations, together with details of the underlying principles of biology. It provides specific information for the clinicians and research workers in a number of areas of current interest and attempts to provide a unifying theme of cryobiology of interest and value to those researching a clinical problem. Specific topics discussed include the effects of low temperatures on mammalian systems in the absence of ice and how the changes can be modulated to achieve desired results; low temperature storage of tissues and organs for transplantation in the liquid state; the effects of whole body hypothermia in man and how it relates to mammal hibernation; problems associated with ice formation and the subsequent freezing of cells and tissues; cryopreservation of blood cells, reproductive cells, and tissues, such as the skin and cornea. Other interesting issues featured include the developments in cryopreservation of large, highly-organized structures and the destructive powers of ice formation in cryosurgery of diseased tissues. ... Read more

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Chapters: Ralph Merkle, Alcor Life Extension Foundation, Keith Henson, Cryobiology, Robert Ettinger, Cryonics Institute, American Cryonics Society, Ben Best, Charles Platt, Fred and Linda Chamberlain, Neuropreservation, Mike Darwin, James Bedford, Curtis Henderson, Thomas K. Donaldson, Jerry Leaf, Saul Kent, Information-Theoretic Death, James L. Halperin, Immortalist Society, Brian Wowk, Corpsicle, Life Extension Society, Frozen Zoo, Kriorus, Cryonics - Freeze Me, Raymond and Monique Martinot, Neurovitrification. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 149. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Cryonics (from Greek kryos- meaning icy cold) is the low-temperature preservation of humans and animals who can no longer be sustained by contemporary medicine, with the hope that healing and resuscitation may be possible in the future. Cryopreservation of people or large animals is not reversible with current technology. The stated rationale for cryonics is that people who are considered dead by current legal or medical definitions may not necessarily be dead according to the more stringent information-theoretic definition of death. It is proposed that cryopreserved people might someday be recovered by using highly advanced future technology. The future repair technologies assumed by cryonics are still theoretical and not widely known or recognized. Cryonics is, therefore, regarded with skepticism by most scientists and physicians, although some do support it. Fewer than 200 people have undergone the procedure since it was first proposed in 1962. In the United States, cryonics can only be legally performed on humans after they have been pronounced legally dead. Cryonics procedures ideally begin within minutes of cardiac arrest, and use cryoprotectants to prevent ice formation during cryopreservation. How...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=6760 ... Read more

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Chapters: Cloning, in Vitro Fertilisation, Hypothermia, Glass Transition, Therapeutic Hypothermia, Artificial Insemination, Cryopreservation, Antifreeze Protein, Sperm Bank, Embryo Transfer, Oocyte Cryopreservation, Ex-Situ Conservation, Freezing, John Jain, Neuropreservation, Bokanovsky's Process, Cryosurgery, Cryoprotectant, Cryostasis, Brian Wowk, Twenty-First Century Medicine, Greg Fahy, Viaspan, Frozen Zoo, Xylomannan, Carnobacterium Pleistocenium, Institute for Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine, Society for Cryobiology, Hardening, Vitrification, Neurovitrification. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 195. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is a process by which egg cells are fertilised by sperm outside the womb, in vitro. IVF is a major treatment in infertility when other methods of assisted reproductive technology have failed. The process involves hormonally controlling the ovulatory process, removing ova (eggs) from the woman's ovaries and letting sperm fertilise them in a fluid medium. The fertilised egg (zygote) is then transferred to the patient's uterus with the intent to establish a successful pregnancy. The first successful birth of a "test tube baby", Louise Brown, occurred in 1978. Prior to that, there was a transient biochemical pregnancy reported by Australian Foxton School researchers in 1973 and an ectopic pregnancy reported by Steptoe and Edwards in 1976. Oocyte with surrounding granulosa cells "Naked" EggThe term in vitro, from the root meaning within the glass, is used, because early biological experiments involving cultivation of tissues outside the living organism from which they came, were carried out in glass containers such as beakers, test tubes, or petri dishes. Today, the term in vitro is used to refer to any biological p...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=57880 ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles!Cryobiology is the branch of biology that studiesthe effects of low temperatureson living things.The word cryobiology is derived from the Greekwords "cryo" = cold, "bios" = life, and "logos" =science. In practice, cryobiology is the study ofbiological material or systems at temperatures belownormal. Materials or systems studied may includeproteins, cells, tissues, organs, or wholeorganisms. Temperatures may range from moderatelyhypothermic conditions to cryogenic temperatures. ... Read more

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The “Gale Encyclopedia of Science” is written at a level somewhere between the introductory sources and the highly technical texts currently available. This six-volume set covers all major areas of science and engineering, as well as mathematics and the medical and health sciences, while providing a comprehensive overview of current scientific knowledge and technology. Alphabetically arranged entries provide a user-friendly format that makes the broad scope of information easy to access and decipher. Entries typically describe scientific concepts, provide overviews of scientific areas and, in some cases, define terms.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Society for Cryobiology, an international scientific society, was founded in 1964. Its objectives are to promote research in low temperature biology, to improve scientific understanding in this field, and to disseminate and aid in the application of this knowledge. The Society publishes a journal called Cryobiology.Although many members of the Society for Cryobiology encouraged or helped in the development of early-stage cryonics in the 1960s, the Society became openly hostile towards cryonicists in the 1980s and banned cryonicists from membership. ... Read more