Is it true that people cannot be resurrected after death?
One science and technology is subverting that claim today, and that's cryonics.
This is the first full documentary of cryopreservation in China.
On the evening of May 7, 2007, patient Zhan Wenlian stopped breathing and heartbeat, and the entire clinical response specialist quickly began to act.
Their first step is to provide oxygen to the human body using cardiopulmonary support, after the death of the human body because the hypoxic cells will quickly wither, then it is necessary to quickly supply oxygen to meet the body's oxygen supply to maintain the activity of the cells.
This is followed by a second step that initially cools the body and prolongs the body's biological activity through low temperatures.
They put the human body on an ice bed, quickly took it from the hospital to the Institute of Life Sciences, and began the third step of cryopreservation perfusion, from the time the patient's heart stopped beating to the beginning of the operation, which took only 29 minutes and had to race against the clock.
Perfusion surgery is to drain the water and blood in the human body and replace it with a low-temperature cryoprotective solution, so that the human body can become a frost-resistant body.
In the final step of freezing, organs and cells are not harmed by ice crystals.
After the human body cools to minus zero, the perfusion stops, and then the human body is transferred to an automatic program thermometer, which drops to about minus 190 degrees by accurately controlling the speed.
This step is crucial to avoid physical damage to the ice crystals that are cooled down too quickly.
After completing this series, the human body will be transported to a liquid nitrogen metal bucket at minus 196 degrees Celsius, where it will be frozen.
At this temperature, the cells stop all physiological activity and wait until medicine is highly developed to revive them.
This is the whole process of cryogenic freezing of the human body, not the imaginary simple freezing, but a series of complex and difficult processes, and waiting for the development of medicine is the last step, but also the most critical step, can they be resurrected?
No one can make up their minds, it's a question that will take centuries to verify.
With the rapid development of cryobiology, more and more people are gradually recognizing and receiving cryonics.
At present, 360 people around the world have been cryopreserved, and more than 2,000 people have signed the cryonics document.
In 2015, Chinese female writer Du Hong became the first Chinese to participate in cryonics, and Zhan Wenlian in the record was the first person in China to be cryopreserved, and died at the age of 47, the cause of death was advanced lung cancer.
Using her body for scientific research was a last wish she made when she was sick, and it was eventually fulfilled in the form of cryonics.
Among the more than 300 frozen people in the world, there is also a special 2-year-old girl, Einz, who is the youngest frozen person in the world and the protagonist of the documentary to be told today.
But she did not freeze for scientific research, but her parents really wanted to "resurrect" her, which is also the dream of most frozen people and families, is it really possible to achieve?
The two-year-old Einz is lively and lovely, and is the heart of his parents and family, like all parents who love their daughters.
Parents took good names before the birth of the child, and bought beautiful little clothes early, and the brother of the family also spoiled his sister as a little princess, but misfortune fell on this happy family.
Memories are deep for my parents that day, when two-year-old Einz was diagnosed with fatal brain cancer, and their world was instantly gray.
It was the deadliest brain cancer in the world, with almost zero chances of survival, which made Einz's mother heartbroken, why did bad luck fall on her children?
This is probably the voice of all the parents of sick children, and the mother always feels that although her daughter is sick, she will not be okay in the end.
The truth, however, is that after more than a dozen chemotherapy and surgeries, Einz's condition is getting worse and worse.
And this also made my father very sad, who was a senior medical doctor in a research laboratory.
He hadn't slept a whole night since his daughter was diagnosed with cancer and tried various treatments for her.
Later, he also extracted his daughter's cancer cells and studied them day and night in the laboratory, hoping to develop a special drug.
But the previous person had not studied it for decades, how could he do it alone for several months?
In the eyes of his children, he is an all-round father, who can do high-end research and cut a handsome hairstyle for his son, but he can't do anything in the face of his daughter's condition.
He knew that his daughter would not live, but he was not willing to give up, and finally came up with a bold choice - to freeze her after her death and wait until the future of medical maturity to revive her.
The decision shocked the whole family, but he quickly persuaded his wife, who was also a medical doctor.
As a doctor's wife, she knows the difficulties involved, but in the end she can't resist her love for her daughter.
At this time, they are not medical doctors, but just parents who love their daughters deeply, hoping that their daughters will grow up and see the world.
In 2014, at the age of 2, Einz stopped breathing and was immediately frozen to a freezing base in the United States.
However, unlike Zhan Wenlian, she only retained the head cells, that is, she gave up her body and only froze her head.
The practice of Einz's parents has caused a lot of controversy in Thailand and has been questioned by the public.
Because of the death of his daughter and the attack of the media, the father was under great pressure, but he did not waver in the slightest.
Some time later, the family traveled to the Alcor Life Extension Base in the United States to visit Einz, the world's largest cryonics base.
At the base, expert Drake reiterated at one point that the likelihood and odds of Einz's resurrection could not be determined, allowing them to slow down their mindset and wait patiently.
In fact, the father knew long before freezing that at the rate of modern medical development, he might not see the day his daughter was resurrected.
But he knew there was one person who might be able to do it, and that was Einz's brother Matt.
As Einz's older brother, Matt also has a deep love for his sister, who is also very sad to die.
He was the first to agree when his father proposed freezing, saying that he could understand his parents' attachment because he himself felt the same way.
Watching his loved ones die in front of his eyes, but he was unable to do anything, a feeling he could not forget for the rest of his life.
Einz's brother Martlix went to the temple for a short shaving practice
Matt was so gifted with scientific research that after Eintz's death, he switched from physics to medical science, hoping that he would be able to do research to help revive his sister.
Matt: "I've fantasized about this countless times, maybe when I'm fifty or sixty years old, my sister will be able to wake up, and she will still be two years old, and that will be the greatest achievement of my life." ”
Just one year after Einz's death, a breakthrough was made in freezing technology in the United States.
A young scientist successfully thawed the rabbit brain, which made Matt very excited, feeling that his sister's resurrection was one step closer, and his father was also very concerned about it, and specially asked Matt for a chance to talk to the scientist.
They all valued the opportunity, and the father knew that he might not see any hope in his lifetime, and wanted to entrust his son with the mission of waiting for Einz's resurrection.
Matt understood this, and he accepted the mission calmly, saying that it was also his own dream.
In the United States, Matt successfully met with the top thaw experts, but during the conversation he got an unexpected message, and his face changed dramatically.
It turns out that the human brain will inevitably be damaged due to shrinkage when frozen, and the probability of completely successful resurrection of frozen people is only 0.1, that is to say, it is very likely to lose memory.
This discovery disappointed Matt, and if there was no memory, what was the point of resurrection.
After he returned, he and his parents video euphemistically conveyed the meaning of the scientist, because he was disappointed that his heart was a little shaken, but the father on the other side of the screen was very determined.
He firmly believes that scientific development can overcome all this, and also let Matt not be discouraged, infected by his father's confidence, Matt finally nodded his head and strengthened his faith.
Before leaving, Matt went to visit his sister again, standing in front of his sister's cryome for a long time, he said that he would have to wait until there was technology to thaw, detoxify, wait until there was technology to hydrate the brain, restore memory, and wait for a way to treat cancer, it was almost impossible in his parents' generation, and even in his generation, it was not necessarily possible, could he see his sister in his lifetime?
He was preoccupied, but there was hope in his eyes.
Brother Matt said: "He never loved anyone else as much as he loved his sister!" ”
Released in 2020, the documentary tells the story of Eintz,Egidz's death after she was diagnosed with brain cancer, and her father pinned his hopes on freezing technology to bring her back to life.
It is about freezing technology, but also a touching affection between families.
I really admire Einz's father, who is a grand scientist and a father who loves his daughter as much as he wants.
It may be frozen to the end and may fail, or they may not see their daughter resurrected in their lifetime, but he does not regret doing so.
Freezing as a scientist is his way of loving his daughter, while Matt inherits his father's mantle and dedicates his life to something that may not come to fruition, which makes people see a kind of pioneer courage and adventurous spirit.
A terminally ill child in a family of scientists may be a chance given by God to bravely try it.