Tag Archives: Cryopreservation

How Long Can We Achieve Youthfulness and Defy Death?

Outsmarting mortality makes for big business and bigger questions
Posted on May 9, 2018 by Laura B Hayden (Blog Writer, Sevenponds)

In 2003, Zoltan Istvan almost tripped on a landmine in Vietnam working as a reporter for National Geographic. His brush with death convinced him to quit journalism and eventually devote his life to transhumanism or the belief that emerging technologies … Continue reading →

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How Do Emergency Medical Situations Impact Cryopreservation?

An interview with paramedic and educator Dennis Kowalski, Part Two
Posted on February 17, 2018 by Marissa Abruzzini (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

Today SevenPonds speaks with Dennis Kowalski, a nationally registered EMT-Paramedic for the city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In the field, Dennis frequently encounters emergency life-or-death situations, and has years of experience attending to those in crisis. In addition to his work as a … Continue reading →

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Blurring the Line Between Life and Death

Science and technology are changing Western culture's perspective on death
Posted on April 27, 2017 by Kathleen Clohessy Editor-in Chief/SevenPonds

It wasn’t very long ago that no one questioned the finality of death. A person died when they were no longer breathing and their heart stopped beating — period. There was no such thing as CPR, and mechanical ventilators didn’t … Continue reading →

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