The human cryopreservation project faces skepticism from medical and legal authorities

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    122 years ago

    The youngest of the patients at Alcor is two-year-old Matheryn Naovaratpong, a Thai girl with brain cancer, who was cryopreserved in 2015, reports Reuters.

    “Both her parents were doctors, and she had multiple brain surgeries,” More tells the publication. “Nothing worked, unfortunately. So, they contacted us.”

    This is a bit chilling. How do you begin to move on with your lifeif you’re holding out hope that your loved one will be revived one day? What happens to this girl’s body once her parents die? What happens if they beat the odds and master cryo and the girl gets revived in 100 years? That sounds incredibly traumatic.

    • @dditty
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      52 years ago

      That’d be a pretty cool concept for a short story or novel

    • @Madison420
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      42 years ago

      All of the cryo groups I know of require payments for continued storage, stop paying then plan to come pick up your increasingly soupy loved one.