Basic Info
- Founded:
- 1972
Detailed Info
- Website:
- http://www.alcor.org/
- Company Overview:
- The Alcor Life Extension Foundation is the world leader in cryonics, cryonics research, and cryonics technology. Cryonics is the science of using ultra-cold temperature to preserve human life with the intent of restoring good health when technology becomes available to do so. Alcor is a non-profit organization located in Scottsdale, Arizona, founded in 1972.
- Mission:
- ALCOR'S MISSION: The preservation of individual lives, to be sought through the following prioritized list of fundamentals:
Maintain the current patients in biostasis.
Place current and future members into biostasis (when and if needed).
Eventually restore to health and reintegrate into society all patients in Alcor's care.
Fund research into developing more cost effective and reliable means for 1-3 above.
Provide public education as a means of fostering growth to support the goals of 1, 2, 3, 4 above. - Products:
- Cryonics is the speculative practice of using cold to preserve the life of a person who can no longer be supported by ordinary medicine. The goal is to carry the person forward through time, for however many decades or centuries might be necessary, until the preservation process can be reversed, and the person restored to full health.
- Facebook Page:
- http://www.facebook.com/alcor.life.extension.foundation