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Scientists want to send our endangered species to the Moon to “save” them
Scientists are considering using the moon's craters for cryopreserving endangered species' cells to…
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Many working Americans want children later in life. Fertility startups are making their dreams more possible.
Family-planning startups can help cover employees' fertility treatments when their employers' healt…
Julia Naftulin
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It's not just the uber-rich freezing their brains and bodies when they die. An HBO show visited a conference filled with everyday people excited to do it.
The finale of HBO's "How To with John Wilson" explored cryonics and the quest for immortality, reve…
Kylie Kirschner
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Billionaire Peter Thiel is one of thousands due to be cryogenically frozen after they die — inside the industry selling life after death
Thousands of people have signed up to be cryogenically frozen after they die, even though there is …
Alia Shoaib
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A fertility clinic is offering Ukrainian soldiers free sperm freezing in case they are killed or suffer severe injuries while fighting
IVMED is waiving the fee for sperm cryopreservation for Ukrainian soldiers in case they are killed …
Joshua Zitser
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Pet owners will freeze their dying animals to one day bring them back to life. Billionaire Peter Thiel is backing the technology to make it happen.
A startup backed by Peter Thiel aims to establish a network of veterinary clinics that provide stan…
Melia Russell
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I'm the biological mom of 3 sets of twins, but 2 sets were born to other moms 15 years after conception.
Marie Johnson underwent IVF and gave birth to fraternal twins. She donated her remaining 12 embryos…
Jane Ridley
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Under-35 women getting breast cancer due to obesity, sedentary lifestyles: experts
The medical fraternity across the country has undertaken a campaign to create awareness about th…
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Inside the labs that hope to bring people back from the dead
Photographer Murray Ballard has spent years photographing cryonics institutions around the UK and t…
Courtney Verrill
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said she's thought about freezing her eggs: 'We have to make these choices that men simply don't have to make'
The representative said that more women need to talk about the challenges of balancing family-plann…
Kelly Burch
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Experts say Amy Coney Barrett's nomination could threaten IVF. Here's why.
The judge has a history of supporting anti-choice groups that believe life begins at fertilization …
Andrea Michelson
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VCs are pouring millions into companies that want to help you get pregnant. Meet the startup that just raised $25 million to create a better storage system for eggs, sperm, and embryos.
As part of TMRW's service, each fertility sample gets its own unique identifier that it carries wit…
Lydia Ramsey
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The industry that froze a 23-year-old woman's head is peddling 'snake oil,' says neuroscientist
We strongly disagree that absent proof of human suspended animation or flawless ultrastructural pre…
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A controversial company will freeze your head for $80,000 - here's how they do it
The truth is, no one has ever been revived after death and freezing. Experts, including Winfried De…
Rebecca Harrington
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A startup that raised $200 million wants you to think about fertility long before you want to start a family
Dr. Eric Widra, medical director at Shady Grove, a fertility clinic in Washington, DC and a profess…
Lydia Ramsey
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Apple And Facebook Are Paying Employees To Freeze Their Eggs
Known as oocyte cryopreservation, egg freezing is a process by which a woman extracts and stores he…
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What you need to know about egg-freezing, the hot new perk at Google, Apple, and Facebook
It only took two years after that for Silicon Valley companies to begin offering egg-freezing to th…
Chris Weller
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I visited a facility where dead people are frozen so they can be revived later
Patients are placed in a bath of ice for transport and infused with chemicals to help preserve thei…
Zoltan Istvan
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Dying 23-Year-Old Raised Money To Have Herself Frozen After Death
"Many of you know that I’m agnostic; I don’t have any clue what happens when you die, but have no r…
Megan Rose Dickey
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A 14-year-old with cancer just won the right to have her body frozen for roughly £100,000 - here's the science behind it
Vitrification has successfully been used to freeze small pieces of tissue, and scientists even mana…