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BBC Radio Interview<\/a><\/h3>\n

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Host: Just three months ago a team of scientists in California managed to use a chemical fixative to protect the brain of a pig so that it could be cryogenically frozen without being damaged. With this technique, the fixative chemical means that it is impossible to ever biologically revive the brain\u2026<\/p>\n

Kenneth Hayworth: \u201cThat\u2019s not the point. The entire idea behind this is that you preserved the brain as well as you can today so that perhaps one hundred years in the future when we have the ability to scan that brain, map out all of its connectivity, and put that into a computer simulation, that that person\u2019s mind will be uploaded at that point into that computer simulation.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Seeker YouTube Interview<\/a><\/h3>\n

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Host: \u201cSo how close are we to downloading the human brain?\u201d<\/p>\n

Kenneth Hayworth: \u201cWe\u2019re nowhere close. We can\u2019t even download a fruit fly. We can image small pieces of brain tissue or small organisms\u2019 brains, but we don\u2019t know enough about how the nervous system works in order to interpret those images and create a simulation.\u201d<\/p>\n

David Eagleman: \u201cWith the technologies we have right now we\u2019re nowhere close. But the road seems clear enough to get there unless there is some giant surprise that we run into, it seems like each year as the technology gets better and better, we get higher and higher resolution on what\u2019s going on, it\u2019s a clear path to get there.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

CBC Interview<\/a><\/h3>\n

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“Preserving a brain is not that difficult. Having said that, the revival part is incredibly difficult, just insanely, insanely difficult.”\u00a0– Kenneth Hayworth\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Press coverage of announced winning of the Large Mammal Brain Preservation Prize:<\/h4>\n

MIT Technology Review<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Selected quote: “<\/b>[S]tarting several years ago, McIntyre, then working with cryobiologist Greg Fahy at a company named 21st Century Medicine, developed a different method, which combines embalming with cryonics. It proved effective at preserving an entire brain to the nanometer level, including the connectome\u2014the web of synapses that connect neurons. A connectome map could be the basis for re-creating a particular person\u2019s consciousness, believes Ken Hayworth, a neuroscientist who is president of the Brain Preservation Foundation\u2014the organization that, on March 13, recognized McIntyre and Fahy\u2019s work with the prize for preserving the pig brain.<\/em>” <\/b>[link to article<\/a>]\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

NewsWeek<\/a><\/h3>\n

\nSelected quote:<\/strong> “[B]eing able to preserve the brain\u2019s connectome may, one day, allow for the future digital revival of the mind\u2026 \u201cA growing number of scientists and technologists believe that future technology may be capable of scanning a preserved brain\u2019s connectome and using it as the basis for constructing a whole brain emulation, thereby uploading that person\u2019s mind into a computer controlling a robotic, virtual, or synthetic body,\u201d a BPF statement on the awarding of the prize read.<\/em>” [link to article<\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Gaurdian<\/a><\/h3>\n

\nSelected quote:<\/strong> “[A] complete pig\u2019s brain has been successfully treated, frozen, rewarmed and found to have its neural connections still intact. This achievement, by the cryobiology research company 21st Century Medicine (21CM), has just won the final phase of the Brain Preservation Foundation\u2019s prize \u2013 a prize that demanded all of a brain\u2019s synaptic connections be preserved in a way that allowed for centuries-long storage of the entire information content of a whole large mammal\u2019s brain…<\/em>
\nA human brain treated this way could never be brought back to life. Yet all its preserved information could potentially be uploaded into an artificial or virtual body indistinguishable from the previously living one \u2013 like \u201cuploading a person\u2019s mind\u201d after a long wait. Would this then be \u201cyou\u201d?<\/em>” [link to article<\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Gizmodo<\/a><\/h3>\n

\nSelected quote:<\/strong> “We\u2019re still a long way from uploading our brains into a computer (something that may never happen), but if it ever becomes a reality, we may look back on pioneering efforts such as these. As the BPF stated in an accompanying press release, this brain preservation technique, called Aldehyde-Stabilized Cryopreservation (ASC), would enable patients\u2014that is, preserved brains in cryostorage\u2014to \u201csafely wait out those centuries\u201d required to develop mind-uploading technologies.<\/em>” [link to article<\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Press coverage of announced winning of the Small Mammal Brain Preservation Prize: <\/span><\/h3>\n

New Scientist<\/a> <\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Selected quote: ” <\/strong>Kenneth Hayworth, president of the Brain Preservation Foundation, has helped verify that Fahy and McIntyre\u2019s technique works, but he emphasises that the defrosted rabbit brain was not functional. \u201cThat was never the point,\u201d he says. \u201cThe point was to demonstrate that the structure of the delicate synaptic circuitry of the brain could be preserved over indefinite time spans.” …\u00a0“<\/em>The prizewinning technique is totally different from the one that [current cryonics service organizations] use,\u201d says Hayworth. \u201cThis is only the first step in a long process of serious research and experimentation that might eventually prove that medical application to human patients is warranted.” <\/em>“<\/strong> [link to article<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Scientific American<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Selected quote: ” <\/strong>I witnessed the infusion of a rabbit brain through its carotid arteries with a fixative agent called glutaraldehyde, which binds proteins together into a solid gel. The brain was [further perfused with] ethylene glycol, a cryoprotective agent eliminating ice formation and allowing safe storage at \u2212130 degrees C as a glasslike, inert solid. At that temperature, chemical reactions are so attenuated that it could be stored for millennia\u2026 The winning rabbit brain was in fact the one that this author witnessed while writing this article<\/em>. “<\/strong> -From Michael Shermer’s Skeptic column in SA <\/strong>[link to article<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Huffington Post<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Selected quote: ” <\/strong>While the preserved brain was dead tissue, all of its synaptic connections — or the junctions of nerve cells — were maintained, Robert McIntyre, a scientist at company 21st Century Medicine who led the research, told The Huffington Post. “This research is a first because it works on whole brains and preserves all of the synaptic details,” he said. “Previous techniques, such as resin embedding, are only able to preserve detailed synaptic information in small brain slices.”<\/em> ” <\/strong>[link to article<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Popular Science<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Selected quote:<\/strong> ” <\/strong>Five years ago, a non-profit organization called the Brain Preservation Foundation (BPF) challenged the world\u2019s neuroscience community to a tough task: to preserve a mouse brain (or a mammalian brain of equal size) for extreme long-term storage. All the neurons and synapses within it would have to remain intact and visible while viewed under a special electron microscope\u2026.McIntyre and his team figured out how to preserve the brain’s circuitry by using strong chemicals to [fix and cryoprotect] the neurons and synapses, and then chilling them to extremely cold temperatures. His technique, called \u201cAldehyde-Stabilized Cryopreservation\u201d, was published this past December in the journal Cryobiology.<\/em> \u201d [link to article<\/a>]<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Discovery News<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Selected quote: ” <\/strong>Their approach is also the opposite of existing cryonic human-preservation services. The Foundation challenges neuroscientists to start with an effective animal model. The longterm goal: Rigorously demonstrate a surgical technique that can completely \u2014 and inexpensively \u2014 preserve a whole human brain for more than 100 years in a way that keeps neuronal processes and synaptic connections intact. Plus, you must use current electron microscopic imaging techniques.\u201d<\/em> ” <\/strong>[link to article<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Newsweek<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Selected quote: ” <\/strong>“The brain was able to be sliced and viewed in an electron microscope which suggested that all the connections had been preserved,\u201d Michael Cerullo, a psychiatrist at the Brain Preservation Foundation, tells Newsweek.<\/em> “<\/strong><\/p>\n

Note this story was corrected after initial web publication in response to a BPF request to do so:<\/strong> “<\/strong> Correction | The article originally stated that the brain had been recovered. It has been updated to clarify that the rabbit brain has so far only been preserved, not recovered. <\/em>” <\/strong>[link to article<\/a>]<\/p>\n

Tech Times<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Selected quote:<\/strong> \u201cA team of scientists successfully preserved a rabbit brain without damage. For the first time, the team demonstrated that it is possible to subject a complete mammalian brain into a long-term and almost perfect physical preservation \u2026The ASC process keeps the brain’s synapses, cell membranes and intracellular structures complete and undamaged during preservation. The rabbit brain’s electron microscope images revealed that the neural circuits were preserved beautifully \u2026 Hayworth said the new research should result in a changed interest in cryonics.<\/em>\u201d [link to article]<\/a><\/p>\n

Science Recorder<\/a>
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Selected quote:<\/strong> \u201cThis is a huge step for the field because it addresses one of the main criticisms about cryonics, which is that [traditional cryonics] cannot preserve the brain\u2019s synaptic circuitry. While more work needs to be done, researchers say, the success of the ASC could ignite new interest in the field of cryogenics<\/em>.\u201d\u00a0[link to article]<\/a><\/p>\n

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PRWeb<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

[link to original small mammal press release<\/strong> on PRWeb<\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Galactic Public Archives<\/a><\/p>\n

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Friday, 10\/3\/2014<\/p>\n

Dr. Ken Hayworth: What is the Future of Your Mind? [Teaser VIDEO]<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr. Ken Hayworth, Part 1: Will You Preserve Your Brain? [PART#1 VIDEO]<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr. Ken Hayworth, Part 2: Will You Upload Your Mind? [PART#2 VIDEO]<\/a><\/p>\n

Dr. Ken Hayworth, Part 3: Will You Upload Your Mind?\u00a0[PART#3 VIDEO]<\/a><\/p>\n

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Singularity Weblog<\/a><\/p>\n

10\/2\/2014<\/p>\n

Will You Preserve Your Brain?<\/p>\n

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MIRI (Machine Intelligence Research Institute)<\/a><\/p>\n

9\/9\/2014<\/p>\n

Ken Hayworth on brain emulation prospects – Extended online interview<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Brighter Brains<\/a><\/p>\n

2\/8\/2014<\/p>\n

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Brain Preservation: Realizing a New Human Option to Live Again -article by BPF founder John Smart<\/p>\n

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Popular Science<\/a><\/p>\n

4\/10\/2014<\/p>\n

The Neuroscientist Who Wants To Upload Humanity To A Computer<\/p>\n

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H+ Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n

5\/28\/2013<\/p>\n

Neuroscience \u2013 and the Future of Humanity \u2013 Interview with Ken Hayworth.<\/p>\n

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Toronto Star<\/a><\/p>\n

7\/31\/2012<\/p>\n

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MacLeans<\/a><\/p>\n

7\/26\/2012<\/p>\n

Discussion of BPF at the World Future Society conference.<\/p>\n

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The Chronicle of Higher Education<\/a><\/p>\n

7\/16\/2012<\/p>\n

The Strange Neuroscience of Immortality.<\/p>\n

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Science Channel<\/a><\/p>\n

7\/8\/2012<\/p>\n

BPF is featured on Season 3, Ep 6, Through the Wormhole<\/em> with Morgan Freeman, available\u00a0via iTunes at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Overcoming Bias<\/a><\/p>\n

6\/18\/2012<\/p>\n

Robin Hanson on why he’s supporting the Brain Preservation Foundation.<\/p>\n

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Fight Aging<\/a><\/p>\n

3\/12\/2012<\/p>\n

An Update from Competitors for the Brain Preservation Foundation’s Technology Prize.<\/p>\n

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A Connectome Observatory<\/a><\/p>\n

11\/14\/2011<\/p>\n

A Connectome Observatory for Nanoscale Brain Imaging. Ken Hayworth’s teleXLR8 talk, Kurzweilai.net article.<\/p>\n

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Fight Aging<\/a><\/p>\n

3\/24\/2011<\/p>\n

The Brain Preservation Technology Prize is mentioned.<\/p>\n

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New Scientist<\/a><\/p>\n

2\/7\/2011<\/p>\n

Mind’s circuit diagram to be revealed by a mammoth map.\u00a0Article discusses\u00a0BPF Brain Preservation Technology Prize.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t

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