(AP) — The remains of a 14-year-old London girl whose dying wish was to be cryogenically preserved with the hope of someday being brought back to life are being kept at the Michigan-based Cryonics Institute.
The girl's father, who initially opposed the procedure that offered no evidence of success, eventually softened his stance as his daughter's death neared and after she expressed her wishes in a heartfelt letter.
"The idea of freezing whole bodies and bringing them back to life has basically zero scientific support at this point," said Hank Greely, a professor and director of the Stanford University Center for Law and the Biosciences.
Other animals include a parrot, an iguana and a hamster.
If you think about it as just another form of a funeral or an embalming or undertaking, if the person knows what they're getting into, if they're not lied to about the chances of success and they have the money to spend, we let people waste money in all sorts of ways.
