Cryonics in Australia

Via the Herald Sun efforts to set up a cryonics provider in Australia: "Biologist Philip Rhoades has won approval from health authorities to build the complex - believed to be only the third in the world. ... My parents are both science types, like me, and with my siblings are interested in this great experiment. If I can eventually help other people whose lives should be longer, this would also be a good thing to do. ... He said there was a need for a cryogenic centre in Australia because US religious fundamentalists could sabotage operations in the US or a more conservative US government might outlaw the process." Regulatory hostility to cryonics in much of Europe would suggest that all it takes is a large government willing to interfere in your life - and any large government will do just that. This said, it is good to see a higher profile for cryonics and the science behind it resulting in efforts like this one and KrioRus in Russia.

Link: http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20256064-661,00.html

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