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New procedure wins Brain Preservation Prize

09-Feb-2016

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21st Century Medicine team has won the Small Mammal Brain Preservation Prize and get about £18,000.

Demonstrated that their protocol preserves the entire connectome of a rabbit brain including cell membranes, synapses, and intracellular structures such as synaptic vesicles.

Test is on an isolated brain to can’t check that functionality, memories or personality in tact.

Highlights how much a of a last-chance gamble cryopreservation currently is.

The study was published in the Journal of Cryobiology.

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21st Century Medicine

Cryobiological research company.

Brain Preservation Foundation

Non-profit organization that promotes scientific research

Cryobiology

Journal covering research on cryobiology.

Robert McIntyre

CEO at Nectome Inc

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Cryonics