Welcome to the Alcor Library

• Cryonics Magazine
• The Scientific Basis for Cryonics
• The Ethical Basis for Cryonics
• The Religious Basis for Cryonics
• The Legal Basis for Cryonics
• The Economics of Cryonics
• Increasing Your Chances
• The Neuropreservation Option
• Cryonics: Essays and Monographs
• Cryopreservation Case Reports
• History of Cryonics
• Procedure and Training Manuals
• Research Reports
• Alcor-Supported Nanomedicine Research
• Online Books
• Alcor Video Library
• Asset Preservation after Cryopreservation
• Alcor Foundation Corporate Information
• Alcor Contracts and Membership Materials

• Cryonics Magazine Archive

     GENERAL:

• Memory Preservation Study Results (2015)
• New York Academy of Sciences Paper
• Alcor Presentation at Cambridge University (2003)
• Cryonics Summary for Medical Professionals
• Advances in Cryonics Protocols, 1990-2006
• Medical Time Travel
• Rapid Stabilization in Human Cryopreservation
• A Door to the Future [link]
• Brief Scientific Introduction to Cryonics
• List of published papers
• Scientist Declarations

     CRYOBIOLOGY:

• How Cryoprotectants Work [PDF]
• What is Vitrification?
• New Cryopreservation Technology
• The Cryobiological Case For Cryonics
• How Cold Is Cold Enough?
• Cryopreservation of the Brain: 2013 Update
• Cryopreservation and Fracturing
• Systems for Intermediate Temperature Storage for Fracture Reduction and Avoidance
• Effect of Human Cryopreservation Protocol on the Ultrastructure of the Canine Brain
• Vitrified Brain Micrographs
• History of DMSO and Glycerol in Cryonics [PDF]

       CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA:

• Cardiopulmonary Support in Cryonics
• Human Cryopreservation Combinational Pharmacotherapy
• Donation After Cardiac Death
• Pathophysiology of Ischemic Injury
• Stability and Autolysis of Cortical Neurons in Post-Mortem Adult Rat Brains [PDF]
• Prospects of a Cure for "Death"
• Neural Archaeology
• Cryopreservation of Arlene Frances Fried

     REPAIR AND RESUSCITATION:

• Revival of Alcor Patients
• A Cryopreservation Revival Scenario Using Molecular Nanotechnology
• Molecular Repair of the Brain
• “Realistic” Scenario for Nanotechnological Repair
  of the Frozen Human Brain
• 24th Century Medicine
• Nanotechnology and Medicine
• Cryonics, Cryptography, and Maximum Likelihood Estimation
• Cell Repair Technology
• Molecular Technology and Cell Repair Machines
• The Anabolocyte: A Biological Approach to Repairing Cryoinjury (1977) [PDF]
• Viral-Induced Repair of Damaged Neurons with Preservation of Long-Term Information Content (1969) [PDF]
• Reconstructive Connectomics

• The Ends of Life?
• Medical Ethics in Cryonics
• Ethics of Non-ideal Cryonics Cases
• The Myth of the Golden Scalpel

• Why We Are Cryonicists
• The Terminus of the Self
• He's Dead, Jim
• The Ethics of Anatomical Donations

• Christianity and Cryonics
• Cryonics and Orthodoxy

• Religion and Cryonics
• Why a Religious Person Can Choose Cryonics

• The Legal Status of Cryonics Patients
• Iowa Court of Appeals Upholds Cryopreservation Wishes
• Colorado Springs Court Upholds Desire of Alcor Member to be Cryopreserved
• Chronology of Attempted 2004 Cryonics Legislation in Arizona

• Alcor's Legal Battles
• Legal Victory for Alcor
• Restraining order against Sherman Oaks Hospital [PDF]
• California Trial Court Ruling on Legality of Cryonics [PDF]
• California Appellate Court Ruling on Legality of Cryonics
• The Donaldson Case

• Cryopreservation Funding and Inflation
• Alcor Underfunding Plan [PDF]
• Past, Present, and Future of Alcor Membership Dues
• Long-Term Financial Stability in Cryonics

• The Allocation of Long Term Care Costs at Alcor
• Scenario Analysis using a Simple Econometric Model of Alcor Finances [PDF]
• The Cost of Cryonics

• Cryonics Life Insurance with Inflation Considerations
• Protecting Your Cryonics Arrangements from Interference by Third Parties
• Protecting Yourself in Medical Emergencies
• Medical Power of Attorney for Cryonics

• Cryocrastination
• Thinking About Brain-Threatening Disorders and Cryonics
• Options for Elective Cryopreservation
• 23-minute video: Improving Your Prospects for an Optimal Cryopreservation

• Neuropreservation FAQ
• The Neuropreservation Option
• The Case for Neuropreservation
• The Case for Whole-Body

• But What Will the Neighbors Think? The History and Rationale of Neurosuspension

     PERSPECTIVES:

• The Death of Death in Cryonics
• Binary Statutes, Analog World
• The Dead Ant Heap
• The Society for the Recovery of Persons Apparently Dead
• Why Nanotechnology Is Only Half the Story
• Selling Cryonics
• Signing Up Your Relatives
• To Wake Refreshed
• Transitions
• Resuscitation: A Speculative Scenario
• Defining the Cryonics Institution
• Medical Professionals in Cryonics
• Has Cryonics Taken the Wrong Path?
• Ray Kurzweil on Memory and Cryonics
• Does Cryonics Offer False Hope?

     LOSSES:

• How Ayn Rand Didn't Get Frozen
• The Door into Nowhere
• Death of Robert Prehoda

     CONTROVERSIES:

• Sports Illustrated Allegations
• Cold War: The Conflict Between Cryonicists and Cryobiologists
• Cryonics and Scientific American
• Dog and Phony Show
• Chemopreservation: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
• Chemical Brain Preservation and Human Suspended Animation

     CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS:

• Will Cryonics Work? Examining the Probabilities
• Mathematics and Modeling in Cryonics [PDF]
• Responsibility, Probability, and Durability
• Misadventure as a Cause of Death in a Long-Lived Population
• Tracking Caseload Trends [PDF]
• How to Cryopreserve Everyone

     MORE ARTICLES:

• Cryonics Magazine Archives

     Especially informative reports:

• 1985: Patient A-1068
• 1987: Patient A-1133
• 1990: Patient A-1049 Arlene Fried
• 1992: Patient A-1367 Jim Glennie
• 1995: Patient A-1871 James Gallagher
• 2006: Patient A-1097 [PDF]

     All available reports:

• Cases with cardiopulmonary support
• Cases without cardiopulmonary support

     Complete List of Alcor Cases

• Dear Dr. Bedford - Open Letter to the First Frozen Man
• The First Cryonic Suspension
• The Dora Kent Case
• Suspension Failures: Lessons from the Early Years

• 1972 Manual - Instructions for the Induction of Solid State Hypothermia in Humans [PDF]
• Interview - Mike Darwin
• Interview - Jerry Leaf
• Interview - Thomas Donaldson

• Alcor Human Cryopreservation Protocol
• Human Cryopreservation Procedures Book
• General Introduction to Procedures for Alcor Transport Technicians [PDF]
• Elements of a Transport
• Human Cryopreservation Stabilization Medications
• Field Cryoprotection
• Standby: End-Stage Care of the Human Cryopreservation Patient
• Case Reports in Cryonics [PDF]

• 1997 Manual - Stabilization and Transport
• Air Transportable Perfusion Kit Manual [PDF 1.4mb]
• DuaLogR Manual (for temperature data logging in the field) [PDF]
• Operating Room Tubing Assembly [PDF 1.7mb]
• Isolation of the Brain
• 1990 Manual - Transport Protocol for Cryonic Suspension of Humans
• Medical Professionals in Cryonics

• Persistence of Long-Term Memory in Vitrified and Revived C. elegans [PDF]
• Ultrastructural Characterization of Prolonged Normothermic and Cold Cerebral Ischemia in the Adult Rat [link to abstract]
• Stability and Autolysis of Cortical Neurons in Post-Mortem Adult Rat Brains [link]
• Effect of electroconvulsive stimulation on morphological and physiological aspects of post-cardiac arrest cerebral microcirculation [link to abstract]
• Brief History of Alcor Research

• Alcor's Pioneering Total Body Washout Experiments
• Asanguineous Ultraprofound Hypothermia in Canines
• Postmortem Examination of Three Cryonic Suspension Patients
• Histological Study of a Temporarily Cryopreserved Human
• Evaluation of the Condition of Dr. James Bedford After 24 Years of Cryonic Suspension
• Algorithmic Estimation of Cortical Autolysis in Post-Mortem Adult Rat Brains: Summary [PDF]
• BioPreservation Tech Briefs [link]

• Alcor Announces Support of Robert Freitas, Jr.
• Chromosome Replacement Therapy [PDF]
• Diamond Mechanosynthesis [PDF]
• Ab Initio Studies of Hydrogen Abstraction [PDF]

• Current Status of Nanomedicine [PDF]
• What is Nanomedicine? [PDF]
• Hydrogenation of Hydrocarbon Radicals [link to abstract]

• Engines of Creation by K. Eric Drexler. The book that introduced the word “nanotechnology” to the world. As riveting today as when it was published in 1986. Contains a chapter on cryonics. Highly recommended. A second edition (2007) is also available as a free PDF.
• Nanomedicine Volume I: Basic Capabilities by Robert A. Freitas. A detailed technical examination of nanotechnology applied to medicine.
• Nanomedicine Volume IIA: Biocompatibility by Robert A. Freitas. A detailed look at potential responses of the human body to the introduction of artificial medical nanodevices.
• The Prospect of Immortality by Robert Ettinger. The book that started the cryonics movement in 1964.
• Human Cryopreservation Procedures by Aschwin de Wolf and Charles Platt. 2020. Over 700 pages.
• The Scientific Conquest of Death - Essays on Infinite Lifespans, edited by the Immortality Institute.
• Forever for All by R. Michael Perry. Discusses cryonics in the context of far-reaching speculation on means for retention and recovery of personal identity.

• Alcor Video Library (links to all videos)
• Alcor Cryonics YouTube Channel
• Katee Sackoff Tours Alcor (February 7, 2020)
• Alcor Tour 1 (3 minutes) - Alcor Tour 2 (16 minutes)
• The Limitless Future - 28-minute Alcor documentary interviewing scientists about how aging can be reversed and how cryopreservation can lead to greatly extended lifespans.
• Interview of Alcor CEO Max More (25 minutes)
• Cryonic Life Extension - 32-minute presentation by Alcor CEO Max More
• 2006 Alcor Conference - 5 full presentations from the 2006 Alcor Conference.
• 2012 Alcor Conference - 10 full presentations from the 2012 Alcor Conference.

• Multi-Investor Future Income Trust (minimum of $25,000)
• Asset Preservation Trust (minimum of $500,000)

• Alcor Financial Statements
• Alcor Bylaws
• Alcor Articles of Incorporation
• Alcor IRS Non-Profit Determination Letter [PDF]
• Alcor IRS Application for Recognition of Exemption [PDF]
• Alcor Patient Care Trust Agreement
• Alcor Care Trust Supporting Organization Operating Agreement
• Alcor Care Trust Supporting Organization Agreement [PDF]

• Alcor Care Trust IRS Application for Recognition of Exemption [PDF]
• Alcor Endowment Trust Supporting Organization Operating Agreement
• Alcor Care Trust IRS Exemption Letter [PDF]
• Alcor Conflict of Interest Policy [PDF]
• Original 1972 Alcor Bylaws [PDF]
• Alcor Conference Archives
• Alcor News Archives
• Cryonics Magazine Archives

• Alcor Sign-up Instructions
• Alcor Membership Application [PDF]
• Declaration of Intent to be Cryopreserved
• Cryopreservation Agreement [PDF]
• Schedule A – Required Costs and Cryopreservation Fund Minimums [PDF]
• Attachment 1 to Cryopreservation Agreement
• Consent for Cryopreservation [PDF]
• Authorization of Anatomical Donation [PDF]
• Emergency Standby Provisions [PDF]
• Comprehensive Member Standby
• Attachment 1 to Standby Provisions [PDF]
• Alcor Underfunding Plan [PDF]
• Relative's Affidavit (optional) [PDF]

• Buy-Back Agreement [PDF]
• Credit Card Authorization [PDF]
• Prepayment Agreement [PDF]
• Standby Prepayment Agreement [PDF]
• Statement of Legal Gardianship (Joint Custody) for Minor Members [PDF]
• Statement of Legal Gardianship (Sole Custody) for Minor Members [PDF]
• Declaration of Intent for Minors [PDF]
• International Disclaimer [PDF]
• Religious Objection to Autopsy Forms
• Press Release Consent [PDF]
• Protecting Yourself in Medical Emergencies
• Insurance Agents
• Funding cryopreservation with trusts
• Alcor Documents in French
• Alcor Documents in German