By Ben Best, Cryonics Institute, Clinton Township, Michigan

The scientific justification for the practice of cryonics is based on several key concepts:
(1) Low temperature can slow metabolism. Sufficiently low temperature can virtually
stop chemical changes for centuries. (2) Ice formation can be reduced or even eliminated
by the use of vitrification mixtures. (3) Legally dead does not mean "irreversibly dead".
Death is a process, not an event -- and the process takes longer than is commonly
believed. (4) Damage associated with low temperature preservation and clinical death
that is not reversible today is theoretically reversible in the future.  Read More...