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How do you freeze a human body for a second life?

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BBC BritLab explores whether it’s possible to put humans in “suspended animation”.
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Some people are prepared to pay a lot of money to have their bodies frozen after death. The hope is that as medicine advances, doctors may be able to bring them back to life.

How much does it cost? How do you stop the brain turning to mush as it thaws? And what are the chances you will re-awaken again? Watch the video below as BritLab’s Greg Foot explores the gory process of “cryonic preservation”.

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