If cryonics is going to work, what is actually happening now will make it possible
You have to remember that we are talking about possible revival in about 100 to 300 years. What we see now are the fledgling prerequisites to make cryonics revival possible. They may not all look like they are cryonics and many have a completely different purpose, but over time they, and other disciplines, will converge on the requirements for cryonics. i.e. successful revival from very low temperatures including repair of the damage from diseases, the cryonics process, and old age. Here are some of the main ones.
The ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ for large mammals has already been won. This is not strictly cryonics, but it is a very useful scientific advancement linked to cryonics.
https://www.brainpreservation.org/large-mammal-announcement/
Efforts to perfect ๐น๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป revival for larger organs are underway. Smaller animal organ experiments have shown some success. There is a desperate need for this in the organ transplant area for hearts, kidneys and others. When a large organ can be vitrified, stored at low temperatures and recovered successfully, cryonics revival is not far behind.
http://www.21cm.com/transplant.html
๐๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ where the patient is brought to low temperatures and is essentially dead allowing critical surgery to be performed after which the patient is revived. This is not as low as cryonics temperatures, but it is notable first steps, which is becoming relatively prevalent at some hospitals now.
A significant effort in ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐
๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ development. This is one of many such organizations doing or promoting research.
๐ก๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ is the use of nanoparticles, under development, to make repairs at the cellular level. There is a lot going on here because almost $5 billion a year gets spent in research.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wQxCjCxCiE
Almost $24 billion a year, and growing, is spent on ๐๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ (๐๐) research. Cryonics needs a strong knowledge of brain science. In the recent boom in AI, algorithms are being developed to mimic what the brain does, which requires an even deeper understanding of the brain. Search Google for Artificial Intelligence and you will be flooded with the work going on.
๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต is a fundamental requirement for cryonics. Global biomedical research attracts over $200 billion a year. We could fill many many books with the advances being made here.
All these developments are happening outside cryonics. The cryonics organizationโs responsibility is to try to provide a person with the best possible suspension and then they can wait for these and many other developments to mature.
