What is neuropreservation?
Cryonics currently requires extremely advanced technology for reversal — technologies capable of molecular-level diagnosis, repair, and regeneration of tissue (nanomedicine). For such technology, many injuries that we would today regard as immediately fatal will be reversible. Indeed, it is possible to foresee a time when virtually any injury that left the brain intact would be reversible by programmed regrowth of other tissues following any necessary brain repairs. This raises an obvious question: Why not transport just the brain to the future? Many Alcor members have asked themselves this question. A majority have in fact decided to concentrate all cryopreservation efforts on their brain. For these members, it makes no sense to preserve ten times more tissue than necessary. Nor does it make sense to compromise the condition of the brain while trying to preserve a large mass of aged, diseased tissue that may very well be completely replaced during revival anyway. Brains are compact,
