Cryonics Thesis Statement
1. Thesis Statement
Cryonics is the process of preserving dead body, and for its preparation for the future revival. The general idea behind cryonics is that since most diseases and old age that result in death result from damage to the bodies tissues, cells, organs, and cellular components that this damage should be curable in the future as science continues to develop. As such, persons who pay to have their bodies frozen by a cryonics company upon their death do not have any guarantee that the technique will be able to bring them back to life in the future. 2. Introduction
Cryonics (from Greek kryos- meaning icy cold) is the low-temperature preservation of humans and other animals who can no longer be sustained by contemporary medicine, with the hope that healing …show more content…
The team stabilizes your body, supplying your brain with enough oxygen and blood to preserve minimal function until you can be transported to the suspension facility. Your body is packed in ice and injected with heparin (an anticoagulant) to prevent your blood from clotting during the trip. A medical team awaits the arrival of your body at the cryonics facility.
Once you are transported to the cryonics facility, the actual "freezing" begins. Cryonics facilities can't simply put their patients into a vat of liquid nitrogen, because the water inside their cells would freeze. When water freezes, it expands -- this would cause the cells to simply shatter. The cryonics team must first remove the water from your cells and replace it with a glycerol-based chemical mixture called a cryoprotectant -- a sort of human antifreeze. The goal is to protect the organs and tissues from forming ice crystals at extremely low temperatures. This process, called vitrification (deep cooling without freezing), puts the cells into a state of suspended
Cryonics is the process of preserving dead body, and for its preparation for the future revival. The general idea behind cryonics is that since most diseases and old age that result in death result from damage to the bodies tissues, cells, organs, and cellular components that this damage should be curable in the future as science continues to develop. As such, persons who pay to have their bodies frozen by a cryonics company upon their death do not have any guarantee that the technique will be able to bring them back to life in the future. 2. Introduction
Cryonics (from Greek kryos- meaning icy cold) is the low-temperature preservation of humans and other animals who can no longer be sustained by contemporary medicine, with the hope that healing …show more content…
The team stabilizes your body, supplying your brain with enough oxygen and blood to preserve minimal function until you can be transported to the suspension facility. Your body is packed in ice and injected with heparin (an anticoagulant) to prevent your blood from clotting during the trip. A medical team awaits the arrival of your body at the cryonics facility.
Once you are transported to the cryonics facility, the actual "freezing" begins. Cryonics facilities can't simply put their patients into a vat of liquid nitrogen, because the water inside their cells would freeze. When water freezes, it expands -- this would cause the cells to simply shatter. The cryonics team must first remove the water from your cells and replace it with a glycerol-based chemical mixture called a cryoprotectant -- a sort of human antifreeze. The goal is to protect the organs and tissues from forming ice crystals at extremely low temperatures. This process, called vitrification (deep cooling without freezing), puts the cells into a state of suspended