Brain Preservation Foundation

The BPF is a 501c3 nonprofit. We seek to advance the science, ethics, & practice of long-term preservation of human brains for brain banking and future revival.

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Amz new brain cell type atlas. Most of the ~6K cell types emerged early, in ancient brain structures. Cortical cells are a very special subset, facilitating our species incredible episodic memories, and our Great Leap in social organization and foresight. https://t.co/ojUkCGY6oZ

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Our new 3 Min Animated Explainer Video: The Brain Preservation Option. Hope You Like It Friends! https://t.co/UnGzXPPXig

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We've reached 650 signatures to our https://t.co/ji2noDX26N petition! We are seeking 1,000 signatures by the end of the year. Can you help us get there? New 3-minute explainer video coming soon.

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We're at 400 signatures a few weeks in. Can you help us get to 1,000 next?

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Landmark paper! @WindingMichael & team have uploaded the 4th full animal connectome. Fruit Fly Larvae, w/ 3016 neurons & 550K synapses. Deeply recurrent & long-range connected. Huge insights for human learning & AI design. #Foresight #WholeBrainEmulation
https://t.co/HfJoJXw2Xx

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Cryonics takes another big step towards the mainstream. https://t.co/GDlB8hgBAu

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CRYOPRESERVATION OF A HUMAN BRAIN AND ITS EXPERIMENTAL CORRELATE IN RATS. https://t.co/anLKfEH1LW

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Cryonics for all? https://t.co/DnCipLL3zK

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BPF president Kenneth Hayworth posts direct question to @NIHDirector regarding brain preservation research @NIH. If you think such research would be valuable along side NIH's more traditional spending please retweet. #neuroscience #BrainPreservationDebate

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@NIHDirector would you support the development of medical preservation techniques (e.g. https://t.co/NIbr89wjvl ) designed to preserve synaptic and molecular features thought to encode long-term memories? It is the only hope for many terminal patients. https://t.co/SAQtyPTWWM

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We have posted a new set of short videos on the Brain Preservation Foundation's mission and vision.

https://t.co/vEEeWGVNkJ

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We have posted a new set of SHORT videos on the Brain Preservation Foundation's mission and vision. Here is a link to the self-contained introductory video: https://t.co/vEEeWHdoJj
Please share to help foster understanding and debate.
#neuroscience #BrainPreservationDebate

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Just posted an 8 part documentary video series on the Brain Preservation Foundation's mission and vision. Please share to help foster understanding and debate:
https://t.co/QF9rjAW50D
#neuroscience #BrainPreservationDebate

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... BPF Neuroscience Journal Club on "Structure–stability–function relationships of dendritic spines" by Kasai et al. 2003
https://t.co/VQkapCA3z8

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...BPF Neuroscience Journal Club on "Synapse-specific representation of the identity of overlapping memory engrams" by Abdou et al. 2018
https://t.co/MUN8WcKT2M ...

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These Journal Club videos are designed to spark more debate regarding brain preservation among neuroscientists. Here are links to our past videos:

"Interregional synaptic maps among engram cells underlie memory formation" by Choi et al. 2018
https://t.co/hG3O6TtXnI ...

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We posted a new Neuroscience Journal Club video reviewing the paper "Locally coordinated synaptic plasticity of visual cortex neurons in vivo" by El-Boustani et al. 2018
https://t.co/tcdk0GVBoe

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A technology to preserve synapses across the whole brain of a large mammal is successful as the final phase of our prize is won: https://t.co/I2Cb9gMPSG

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BPF President Kenneth Hayworth posted a new video introducing the current state of the art in Brain Preservation (Aldehyde Stabilized Cryopreservation) and sharing his vision for how it could transform our world. https://t.co/265qyzWuPx

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Cryonics in the Courtroom: Which Interests? Whose Interests? https://t.co/hfNokKTp9X

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An amazing data set (and video!) shows the 3d connections of 300 neurons in the mouse brain: https://t.co/Q9ZWlHowFk