Alcor Northern-California Meeting
This meeting will be held on Sunday, July 18, 2010, at 4pm in Mountain View, California. For more info and directions please contact Mark Galeck at .
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Applied Cryobiology – Scientific Symposium on Cryonics
1st to 3rd October 2010 in Goslar, Germany The German Society for Applied Biostasis (DGAB) organizes its first scientific symposium. It has the title “Applied Cryobiology – Scientific Symposium on Cryonics” and will be held in autumn 2010. The DGAB was established in May 2006. Aim of the association is the promotion of research and […]
Official Alcor Facebook Page
Alcor Life Extension Foundation is on Facebook. If you would like to connect with Alcor members and supporters then visit our official Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/alcor.life.extension.foundation Become a fan and encourage interested friends, family members, and colleagues to support us too.
Executive Director’s Report – June 5, 2010
Jennifer Chapman Executive Director Board Report June 5, 2010 In mid-May, we cryopreserved 92-year-old Paul Garfield, a neuropreservation patient. Paul was a dedicated member of Alcor for 20 years and a long-time volunteer at the organization. Even in his 90’s Paul maintained an active lifestyle, often going dancing and visiting Alcor weekly. After being hospitalized […]
Larry Johnson Found in Contempt of Court; Warrant Issued for His Arrest
On May 28, 2010, the Superior Court of the State of Arizona found former Alcor paramedic Larry Johnson in contempt of court and issued a warrant for his arrest. The associated judgment also ordered Johnson to pay Alcor $34,107.57 in addition to amounts owing from a July 2009 judgment against him and his wife. These […]
Alcor’s 95th Patient
A long time member since 1990 and a volunteer at Alcor, Paul Garfield (A-1608L), entered into hospice care this past May in Plano, TX. Alcor’s deployment committee decided to send Aaron Drake, Alcor’s Transport Coordinator; members of the Texas Regional Response Team; and a team from Suspended Animation to perform a standby. A little more […]
Cryonics Oregon June Meeting with Aubrey de Grey and Ben Best
June 6, 2010 will be the next Cryonics Oregon meeting. It will coincide with a downtown Portland aging conference. As a result we have been successful in persuading Cryonics Institute President Ben Best and Alcor member and biogerontologist Aubrey de Grey to attend our meeting. The theme of the evening will be “Strategies for Life […]
Alcor Patient A-1712 David Hayes
This past February, one of the original founders of Suspended Animation, Inc., and long time member of Alcor, David Hayes, suffered a seizure at his home in Florida. As the seizure was witnessed, 911 were called and David was taken to the local Emergency Department. He was pronounced when efforts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful. […]
Arizona Team’s Back-to-Back Responses
This past month, Alcor was faced with three members who were admitted to hospice with end-stage conditions. On back-to-back days, two of our members were cryopreserved while the third member’s condition has temporarily improved. Through careful planning, we were able to have two members admitted into the same Hospice of the Valley facility, literally across […]
Alcor’s 93rd Patient
Chihiro Asaumi (Yumi, A-2361), a member of Alcor for about two years, had relocated with her husband to the Scottsdale area. Suffering from metastatic breast cancer, her condition had worsened, apparently after a change in her medication. With surgical intervention no longer an option, she was accepted by Hospice of the Valley on an outpatient […]