You probably heard of cryonics, but do you know what it is or how it can affect your life completely? Well, this process is done to stop death or reverse it. I know it sounds crazy but a lot of scientists say it can be done. Scientists say it could be done with some kind of box which could reach extremely low temperatures such as –324 *F. That’s pretty cold. You are probably thinking why would you want to get killed by a refrigerator? Well it’s more complex than that. The box will not kill you, this procedure is done immediately after you have died. It will freeze your cells and your body will shut down. Liquid nitrogen is used to freeze the dead at the Cryonics Institute. You are dead, not your cells. At this time scientists are trying to find out how to stop or reverse death. Then at the end of the procedure you will be revived by a heating up process. Then your cells will unfreeze and your body will turn on again. You're probably thinking wouldn’t it be cold? You probably will not be aware of what is happening. If you do this procedure too slow your brain and heart will die before your cells freeze, so there is a risk.

History

David Ettinger has been doing lots of research in cryonics. His father, Robert, founded the Cryonics Institute and began researching the possibility of extending life when he had a brush with death as a soldier in World War II. He opened the Cryonics Institute in 1976 and the institute froze its first person in 1977.

Now

People Are Doing It!! In the past three years at least ninety people in America have been frozen, in the hopes that they can be brought back to life. There are only a handful of companies that provide this service and charge about $28,000 or more to freeze the bodies. The Cryonics Institute in Clinton Township currently has 37 people, 10 cats and six dogs frozen. The newest patient was a 90-year-old woman who had a heart attack and is now inside a box cooling to negative 40 degrees. With the aid of ice and chemicals injected to minimize damage,she will be kept here for about a week, and then she'll be moved into another chamber and cooled with liquid nitrogen to negative 320 Fahrenheit degrees. After another week, she'll join others inside sealed vacuum chambers. They must be careful though, because ice crystals that form during the freezing injure the brain and organs."We are doing a better job and fine-tuning the process," says Robert Ettinger. The problem of restoring patients to life after being frozen has not been solved. No one has the answer to that yet, but hopefully scientist will figure that out soon. Ralph Merkle,a researcher, is exploring a new technology that may repair the damage done by freezing. How Does the Cryonics Institute Freeze People? The following are steps, provided by the Cryonics Institue that need to be followed by the funeral directory in order to be frozen correctly:

1. The person should be cooled as soon as possible after death. Heparin, an anti-coagulant that keeps the blood from clotting, should be administered if possible. The body is packed in ice and sent to the Cryonics Institute.

2. At the institute, a process called "wash out and perfusion" is performed. The body remains packed in ice throughout the procedure, which takes a few hours.

3. The body is placed in a sleeping bag, and put in an insulated box made of wood on the outside and fiberglass on the inside for one week. Dry ice is placed on a fabric platform above the box, and the cold vapors descend upon and cool the body. The amount of dry ice is increased each day until the body reaches minus-40 degrees Fahrenheit.

4. The body is then moved to an insulated container that has liquid nitrogen at the bottom. Every day for a week, the body is slowly lowered into the liquid nitrogen until it is completely submerged. When the process is complete, the body temperature is minus-196 degrees Celsius, or minus-320 degrees Fahrenheit.

5. Finally, the body (still in the same sleeping bag) is placed in a long-term storage container called a cryostat. The cryostat is made from fiberglass and perlite, a mineral powder that increases insulation by 10 percent. The cryostats, which are manufactured onsite, come in several sizes; the largest holds 14 bodies. The liquid nitrogen level is checked every day. Relatives can visit at any time, though the bodies cannot be seen through the cryostat.

Later

In medicine, cryonics, was once considered on the outer edge,but is now moving closer to reality — which means someone who died and was frozen last week may have a future again. So now that you heard this I hope you are aware of the future and kids, don’t do this at home.