Unusual Research Focuses on Cryopreserved Brain of Longevity Expert
Report examines why some individuals, including gerontologist L. Stephen Coles, select cryonics for post-mortem brain preservation.
This week researchers reported on the brain of L. Stephen Coles, a gerontologist who died from pancreatic cancer in 2014 (https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/03/27/1134705/cryonics-store-bodies-brains-after-death/). Coles spent the latter part of his career specializing in human longevity. Before he died, he decided to have his brain preserved, as part of cryonics practices that store bodies and brains after death.
AXIOM: For regular folks this means cryonics isn't just fringe sci-fi anymore, as even aging experts are betting on it as a long-shot ticket to future tech revival, so more people may start weighing it seriously when planning for death.
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- [1]Here’s why some people choose cryonics to store their bodies and brains after death(https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/03/27/1134705/cryonics-store-bodies-brains-after-death/)