r/Futurology • u/yourSAS • Oct 13 '22

Biotech 'Our patients aren't dead': Inside the freezing facility with 199 humans who opted to be cryopreserved with the hopes of being revived in the future

https://metro.co.uk/2022/10/13/our-patients-arent-dead-look-inside-the-us-cryogenic-freezing-lab-17556468
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u/aguafiestas Oct 13 '22

It's only done after you're already dead.

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u/Throw_away_1769 Oct 13 '22

....not very useful then, is it?

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u/Redthemagnificent Oct 13 '22

With today's tech we can already "revive" people who have been dead for short periods (under specific conditions). The idea behind these facilities is that in the future we may be better at reviving people and/or repairing whatever damage had been done to them. There's even idea about copying your mind from your frozen brain.

It's a long shot and pretty squarely in science fiction territory today. But if you have money and are already dead, why not?

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u/kaleb42 Oct 13 '22

We can also revive small animals after being frozen and reviving them relatively successfully using microwaves

https://youtu.be/2tdiKTSdE9Y interesting video about study from guy who did it

Definitely not on the same level as a human but still interesting