![]() ![]() Max More, former CEO of Alcor who now serves as an ambassador and president emeritus of the foundation, tells Reuters that modern medicine and technology are insufficient to keep people alive as they’re nearing death. Some of the patients had terminal cases of diseases that lack a present-day cure, such as cancer or ALS. Packed together, cylindrical tanks filled with liquid nitrogen hold the heads and bodies of human “patients”-as the foundation calls them-plus about 100 preserved pets, reports Liliana Salgado for Reuters. By preserving bodies at below-freezing temperatures, Alcor’s goal is “restoring good health with medical technology in the future,” according to the non-profit organization’s website. To date, 199 people have had their heads and bodies cryopreserved at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation facility in hopes of being revived later. Amid the hot desert landscape of Scottsdale, Arizona, some people would rather be frozen-literally.
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