C-IBDTcryopreservation, cryonics, long-term care
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Develop a shipping container system for transport of a cryogenic specimen.
Insulated cryogenic shipper/container design for cryogenic specimen transport.
European patent application EP4497325A1 was published on 2025-01-29 and remains listed as pending in the supplied record.
Test whether long-term memory can persist after cryopreservation and revival.
Olfactory imprinting in C. elegans, vitrification using the SafeSpeed method, revival, and adult-stage chemotaxis assays.
Published study in Rejuvenation Research reported memory retention after vitrification and revival.
The abstract reports that olfactory learning acquired before vitrification was retained after revival, and that vitrification or slow freezing did not modify the mechanisms regulating odorant imprinting.
Test whether long-term memory can persist after cryopreservation and revival.
C. elegans olfactory imprinting, vitrification using the fast-cooling SafeSpeed method, revival, and adult-stage chemotaxis assays.
Publication reported memory retention after vitrification and revival in C. elegans.
Learning acquired through olfactory cues was retained at the adult stage after vitrification; vitrification or slow freezing did not modify the mechanisms regulating odorant imprinting in the study.
Test whether learned memory can persist after cryopreservation and revival.
Olfactory imprinting in C. elegans, vitrification using the fast-cooling SafeSpeed method, revival, and chemotaxis assay for memory retention.
Published study reported memory retention after vitrification and revival.
Learning acquired through olfactory cues was retained at the adult stage after vitrification; results indicated odorant imprinting mechanisms were not modified by vitrification or slow freezing.
Improve cryonics, cryopreservation procedures, and related scientific understanding.
Research and development around cryoprotective solutions, vitrification, preservation procedures, and cryonics methods.
Alcor site lists Research & Development as a major program area.
Advance cryopreservation science and technology relevant to cells, tissues, organisms, and long-term biological preservation.
In-house research and development focused on cryopreservation, vitrification, cooling, cryoprotective solutions, and related technologies.
Alcor lists an active research and development function and a Director of Research.
Provide standby, emergency response, and recovery logistics for Alcor members near or after legal death.
Member emergency notification, remote standby teams, deployment and recovery operations, and transport into cryopreservation procedures.
Listed as an active Cryonics program area on Alcor's site navigation and described in public records as a member emergency response process.
Provide rapid standby and recovery support for members who are near death or have legally died.
Remote standby teams respond after emergency notification, coordinate recovery, cooling, and transfer into Alcor cryopreservation procedures.
Listed as an active Alcor cryonics service area.
Provide cryonics services for members beginning at legal death, including preservation and long-term cryogenic care.
Deployment and recovery teams, rapid cooling, cryoprotective perfusion solutions, cryopreservation, and storage in cryogenic dewars.
Operational member cryopreservation service described on Alcor's site and public profile.
Provide cryonics services beginning after legal death, including preservation of members for long-term cryogenic care.
Deployment and recovery teams perform post-legal-death standby, cooling, cryoprotective solution perfusion, and long-term cryogenic storage.
Operational service described on Alcor homepage and public records.
Maintain cryopreserved patients over the long term with financial safeguards dedicated to patient care.
Long-term storage in cryogenic dewars supported by the Alcor Patient Care Trust.
Patient Care Trust identified as an active financial safeguard for long-term care.
Maintain cryopreserved patients in long-term cryogenic care after preservation procedures are complete.
Long-term storage and care of cryopreserved patients, supported by Alcor's patient-care infrastructure and trust model.
Described as part of Alcor's active cryonics services and disambiguation context.
Preserve whole mammalian brain ultrastructure by vitrification without prior aldehyde fixation.
Rabbit brain perfusion with M22 vitrification solution followed by vitrification, warming, and histological or ultrastructural assessment.
Published work showed whole brain ultrastructure can be preserved by vitrification without prior aldehyde fixation.
The supplied abstract states that whole brain ultrastructure in mammalian brains can be preserved by vitrification without prior aldehyde fixation.
Provide cryonics services beginning at legal death, including member standby, cryopreservation, and long-term cryogenic care.
Deployment and recovery teams, cooling, cryoprotective solutions, cryopreservation, and storage in cryogenic dewars.
Alcor operates member standby, cryopreservation, and long-term care services from Scottsdale, Arizona.
Offer cryopreservation services for pets.
Pet cryopreservation service listed under Alcor's pets program area.
Listed as a public service category on Alcor's site navigation.
Offer cryopreservation services for pets.
Pet cryopreservation service offering under Alcor's Pets program area.
Listed as an active Pet Cryopreservation program on Alcor's site navigation.
Advance cryonics and cryopreservation science, technology, and procedures.
In-house research and development focused on cryopreservation technologies and procedures.
Alcor lists Research & Development as an active program area and identifies a Director of Research on staff.
Evaluate preservation of whole mammalian brain ultrastructure using vitrification without prior aldehyde fixation.
Rabbit brain perfusion with M22 vitrification solution followed by vitrification, warming, and fixation for ultrastructural and histological assessment.
Publication abstract reports whole brain ultrastructure preservation by vitrification without prior aldehyde fixation.
The supplied abstract states that whole rabbit brain ultrastructure can be preserved by vitrification without prior aldehyde fixation.