Cryonics FAQ – Don't Die Live Forever
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since it is not yet possible to revive someone who has been frozen and won't be for a long time a vast majority of the research going on in Cryonics is directed towards the preservation process.
Vitrification is a major development and will only get better as time goes on however these chemicals are not one size fits all and we have a long ways before they are able to protect all vital organs without damaging others
So in the last 20 years, the vitrification has not gotten better. Is it because no one has been doing any research, and if so, why not?
If you look at any other hard but important problem: curing cancer, cold fusion, quantum computing, none of these have been solved, but there has been a ton of intensive research in the last 20 years, and good progress, in each of these fields.
Progress is being made however admittingly it is very slow.
Cryonics research has significantly less funding than any other type of longevity research (probably 100x, 1000x?) When I called Cryonics Institute I was told they received less than $1,000 in donations during 2023. Compare that to SENS or Methuselah Foundation there is huge disparity. I believe with more funding we would see a lot more progress.
Are CI and Alcor still the only two companies doing human cryopreservation? Shouldn’t they be doing some of this research using customer money (charging more)?