Analyzing 50 Years of Cryonic Technology
Peter Gwynne, Inside Science
(Inside Science) -- Early in the 1960s, a group of enthusiasts advanced the concept of freezing humans as soon as they die, in hopes of reviving them after the arrival of medical advances able to cure the conditions that killed them. The idea went into practice for the first time 50 years ago.On Jan. 12, 1967, James Bedford, an emeritus professor of psychology at the University of California, became the first person to be
(Inside Science) -- Early in the 1960s, a group of enthusiasts advanced the concept of freezing humans as soon as they die, in hopes of reviving them after the arrival of medical advances able to cure the conditions that killed them. The idea went into practice for the first time 50 years ago.On Jan. 12, 1967, James Bedford, an emeritus professor of psychology at the University of California, became the first person to be