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‘With brain preservation, nobody has to die’: meet the neuroscientist who believes life could be eternal

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Ariel Zeleznikowow-Johnston's new book, The Future Loves You: How and Why We Should Abolish Death , is a manifesto for and road map to, he hopes today ’s terminally diseased and dying being offered a pause button of their own.

He hopes to halt their biological clocks, until such a time that science and medicine has advanced sufficiently.

Zeleznikowow-Johnston argues that as our deadline approaches, few people actually want to die.

His book, The Future Loves You , outlines how the demarcation between life and death blurs.

He says we need death because it sets a deadline to achieve goals, but that’s not compelling.

Aldehyde -stabilised cryopreservation could preserve the structure of someone's brain.

It could be used to hold onto its circuitry, preserving our identity indefinitely.

To date, roughly 600 people globally have undergone a cryonic procedure.

Two groups on the US west coast are on the cusp of offering it to the public.

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