Welcome to the Cryonics UK website

CRYONICS UK is a non-profit organisation set in place to provide assistance as necessary to those within the UK who wish for their body to be cryopreserved upon "death".

The inverted commas around the word "death" here are intentional.

A couple of hundred years ago, if you stopped breathing, they buried you. As recently as the 1950s, if your heart stopped, you'd be cremated. These days, it's more likely you'll be resuscitated and sent back to work to pay your taxes.

Science is constantly pushing the boundaries of what is considered "dead".

Cryonics simply pushes that boundary a little further.

By suspending a (legally dead) patient's body in liquid nitrogen, it is possible to prevent further deterioration of the body indefinitely. For obvious reasons, the initial cooldown is to be commenced as soon as possible after the patient is pronounced dead.

The intention behind this is that cryonic suspension is a sort of "ambulance to the future". Chances are good that the treatment you will require to be revived will be available in the future (just look at how far humanity has come technologically in the past 50-100 years alone, and then project that forwards).

You just need to be in some condition to receive the benefits of those advances when they are developed. Cryonics aims to get you there.

Our Services

We are a group of volunteers, aiming to provide the following services to any of our members at point of need (i.e., deathbed):

• Promptly respond to the emergency phone call
• Drive the ambulance to the scene
• Gather 4 Cryonics UK members to assist with the preparations
• Ensure the death is pronounced by a medical doctor as soon as possible after legal death
• Place water ice around the body
• Washout and perfuse the body with appropriate medications
• Ensure the body is shipped to the chosen cryonics storage provider

Cryonics UK is brought to you by Human Organ Preservation Research Trust, Registered Charity Number 1001750.