First human frozen after death could be brought back to life in 10 years - Experts

THE first human frozen after death could be brought back to life in as little as 10 years, an expert has exclusively revealed.

The incredible announcement comes from Dennis Kowalski, president of the US-based Cryonics Institute – an organization spearheading the human freezing process.
In an exclusive interview, Dennis said that the technology is advancing so quickly that he can’t keep up with demand.

He said: “If you take something like CPR, that would have seemed unbelievable 100 years ago. Now we take that technology for granted.”

Dennis – who previously worked as a paramedic – was inspired to get into cryonics by J Robert Freitas’ book Engines of Creation, which focuses on nanotechnology.
In the book, published in 1986 Freitas predicted that by 2040-50 the first humans will be cryonically brought back to life.

But Dennis thinks it could be far sooner than that.
“It depends on how much technology like stem-cells advances,” he explained.

“It’s important that the body tissue is preserved in the process. Cryonically bringing someone back to life should definitely be doable in 100 years, but it could be as soon as ten.”

Dennis’ Cryonics Institute in Michigan has almost 2,000 people signed up to be frozen after they die, and 160 patients already frozen in tanks of liquid nitrogen.

To bring a frozen body back from the dead, there are three major problems that would have to be overcome.

Firstly, the cells that caused the person to die – such as cancerous cells – would have to be cured.
Cells damaged by the freezing process would also need to be fixed.
Finally, the cells damaged by the ageing process would be repaired.

The first human ever frozen by cryonics was Dr James Bedford, who died in 1967. He planned for the procedure before he got sick, and his body and brain were frozen.

Experts have speculated that he might be the first patient to be thawed.
Dennis says he’s been attacked by people who accuse him of playing God, especially after he took out a life insurance policy to have his wife and three kids frozen after they die.

But he insists that what he’s doing isn’t science fiction, it’s about creating a better world.

“There is no reason not to want to live forever,” he said. “If you had the body of a 20-year-old, why not live an extra 100 years?”

It is anticipated that cryonics could replace traditional funerals in a matter of years.
DS

*"There is no reason not to want to live forever," he says. This is clearly man trying to play God.