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KrioRus is the first Russian cryonics
Cryonics
Cryonics is the low-temperature preservation of humans and animals who can no longer be sustained by contemporary medicine, with the hope that healing and resuscitation may be possible in the future. Cryopreservation of people or large animals is not reversible with current technology...

 company. Established in 2005 by 8 Russian cryonicists, it is the first cryonics company outside the United States, except for Alcor-UK (formerly Mizar Limited).

KrioRus offers neurosuspension (cryopreservation of the brain) (US $10,000), full-body cryonics suspension (US $30,000), pet cryonics suspension, DNA storage, body's transportation in dry ice and other related services to clients from Russia, CIS and EU.

The company stores the brains of several patients: Lidia Fedorenko, Lubov Chernaya, an anonymous 60-year old man and others, in its facilities outside Moscow. Some full-body patients are also stored.

As of August 2011, KrioRus had 17 humans, 2 cats , 4 dogs and 2 birds in cryopreservation.

Organization

As of 2011, the KrioRus staff were
General Director Valerija Pride
Science Director Igor Artyukhov
Chairman Danila Medvedev
Danila Medvedev
Danila Andreevich Medvedev is a Russian futurologist , a politician and a member of coordination council of the Russian Transhumanistic Movement....

Doctor/Technician Eugenij Shumilov
Embalmer/Perfusionist Alexey Sulaev
Engineer/Philosopher Andrey Shvedko
Head of Technical Council Victor Grebenshikov

See also

  • Alcor Life Extension Foundation
    Alcor Life Extension Foundation
    The Alcor Life Extension Foundation, most often referred to as Alcor, is a Scottsdale, Arizona, USA-based nonprofit company that researches, advocates for and performs cryonics, the preservation of humans in liquid nitrogen after legal death, with hopes of restoring them to full health when new...

  • American Cryonics Society
    American Cryonics Society
    The American Cryonics Society , also known as the Cryonics Society of America, is a member-run, California-based, 501 tax-exempt nonprofit organization that supports and promotes research and education into cryonics and cryobiology...

  • Cryonics
    Cryonics
    Cryonics is the low-temperature preservation of humans and animals who can no longer be sustained by contemporary medicine, with the hope that healing and resuscitation may be possible in the future. Cryopreservation of people or large animals is not reversible with current technology...

  • Cryonics Institute
    Cryonics Institute
    The Cryonics Institute is a member-owned-and-operated not-for-profit corporation which provides cryonics services. It is located in Clinton Township, Michigan....

  • Information-theoretic death
  • Immortality Institute
  • Immortalist Society
    Immortalist Society
    The Immortalist Society is a charitable 501 organization devoted to research and education in the areas of cryonics and life extension. It was incorporated as a Michigan corporation by Robert Ettinger and five other local residents on June 27, 1967 as the Cryonics Society of Michigan, Inc....

  • Life extension
    Life extension
    Life extension science, also known as anti-aging medicine, experimental gerontology, and biomedical gerontology, is the study of slowing down or reversing the processes of aging to extend both the maximum and average lifespan...

  • List of life extension related topics
  • Neuropreservation
    Neuropreservation
    Neuropreservation is cryopreservation of the human brain with the intention of future resuscitation and regrowth of a healthy body around the brain. Usually the brain is left within the head for physical protection, so the whole head is cryopreserved...

  • Suspended animation
    Suspended animation
    Suspended animation is the slowing of life processes by external means without termination. Breathing, heartbeat, and other involuntary functions may still occur, but they can only be detected by artificial means. Extreme cold can be used to precipitate the slowing of an individual's functions; use...


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