Cryogenics: Is It Worth Waiting For
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Imagine being frozen in time to escape a deadly illness, then getting
warmed when a cure is found. There is question on whether cryogenic methods
should be used. To fully understand cryogenics a knowledge of cold, background
information on some branches of cryogenics, some problems with cryopres ....
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.... range from
zero degrees Celsius--water freezes--to just above negative two hundred and
seventy three point sixteen degrees Celsius--absolute zero. The word
"Cryogenics" comes from the Greek word “kryos” meaning cold (“Cryogenics”
Raintree 127, Kavaler 16). The science of cryobiology was first recognized in
the early nineteen sixties. Cryobiology is the study of the effects of
extremely low temperatures on living animals and plants. The chief concern in
cryobiology is to preserve ....
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