Cryogenics: does it offer humanity a chance to return from the dead?
by Hannah Devlin Science correspondent from on (#221HD)
While it used to be the stuff of science fiction, the technology behind the dream has advanced in recent years
The decision of a teenage girl to have her body cryogenically frozen in the hope of being reanimated by medical advances in the future is one with which many could sympathise. But does current evidence suggest the gamble will pay off, or does cryonics simply give desperate people false hope dressed up in the language of science?