cryonics
Reviving the Frozen Brain: How Scientists Are Getting Closer to Real Cryosleep
Posted in Medicine, Science on 3rd Apr, 2026
by Alexander Muller
Cryosleep for humans is still distant, but the direction is becoming clearer. Instead of being purely speculative, it is now a technical problem being solved step by step.
New Spheromatrix platform speeds up cancer drug research
Posted in Medicine, Science on 20th Dec, 2025
by Alexander Muller
Researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi have developed a cheap, paper-based platform that allows tumour models to be grown, frozen and stored for future cancer drug testing – called Spheromatrix.
New Cryoprotectant Chemicals Could Preserve Organs Without Ice Damage
Posted in Medicine, Science on 25th Jun, 2022
by Alex Muller
The team tested the chemical on four cell types, including skin and brain cells.
Defrosted Nematode worms come back to life after 42,000 years and are oldest living creatures
Posted in Science on 29th Jul, 2018
by Alex Muller
Roundworms from two areas of Siberia came back to life in Petri dishes after being frozen for 42,000 years.
Inductive heating of Magnetic Nanoparticles enables safe thawing of cryopreserved transplant organs
Posted in Medicine on 3rd Mar, 2017
by Alex Muller
Nanotechnology can be used to rapidly rewarm cryogenically treated samples without damaging delicate frozen tissues.