{"id":637,"date":"2023-10-24T03:58:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:58:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2023\/10\/24\/chinas-first-cryogenics-subject-keeps-his-love-hope-frozen\/"},"modified":"2023-10-24T03:58:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:58:50","slug":"chinas-first-cryogenics-subject-keeps-his-love-hope-frozen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/chinas-first-cryogenics-subject-keeps-his-love-hope-frozen\/","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s First Cryogenics Subject Keeps His Love &#038; Hope Frozen"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Husband of China\u2019s first cryogenics subject keeps his love and hope frozen in time.  Bereaved partner believes science will one day find a cure for the cancer that took his wife, and return her to him<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Husband of China\u2019s first cryogenics subject keeps his love and hope frozen in time.&nbsp; Bereaved partner believes science will one day find a cure for the cancer that took his wife, and return her to him<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/chinas-first-cryogenics-subject-keeps-his-love-hope-frozen\/#Photo_SCMP\" title=\"Photo: SCMP\">Photo: SCMP<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/chinas-first-cryogenics-subject-keeps-his-love-hope-frozen\/#Photo_SCMP-2\" title=\"Photo: SCMP\">Photo: SCMP<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/chinas-first-cryogenics-subject-keeps-his-love-hope-frozen\/#Photo_wenweipocom\" title=\"Photo: wenweipo.com\">Photo: wenweipo.com<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/chinas-first-cryogenics-subject-keeps-his-love-hope-frozen\/#Photo_applenextmediacom\" title=\"Photo: apple.nextmedia.com\">Photo: apple.nextmedia.com<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/chinas-first-cryogenics-subject-keeps-his-love-hope-frozen\/#Photo_applenextmediacom-2\" title=\"Photo: apple.nextmedia.com\">Photo: apple.nextmedia.com<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/chinas-first-cryogenics-subject-keeps-his-love-hope-frozen\/#Photo_wenweipocom-2\" title=\"Photo: wenweipo.com\">Photo: wenweipo.com<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/chinas-first-cryogenics-subject-keeps-his-love-hope-frozen\/#Photo_newscgtncom\" title=\"Photo: news.cgtn.com\">Photo: news.cgtn.com<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photo_SCMP\"><\/span> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1.png\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FnRzR-uMrkDx0pGYLkzKRwwZ316o?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"585\" height=\"357\" title=\"\">Photo: SCMP<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr>\n<p>It has been three months since Gui Jumin\u2019s wife Zhan Wenlian became the first Chinese person to be cryogenically frozen. He is convinced that advances in technology and medical knowledge will one day allow the couple to be reunited.<\/p>\n<p>Zhan died from lung cancer at the age of 49 on May 8 in a hospital in eastern China\u2019s Shandong province, Science and Technology Daily reported on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately after her death her body was frozen by doctors at the Shandong Yinfeng Life Sciences Research Institute. They were assisted in the 55-hour procedure by specialists from Shandong University\u2019s Qilu Hospital and Aaron Drake from the US-based Alcor Life Extension Foundation.<\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photo_SCMP-2\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2.png\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FlTpACaAQ9oaDogG2WWirGm4Cm6r?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"589\" height=\"377.6363636363636\" title=\"\">Photo: SCMP<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr>\n<p>Cryonics is an experimental technology that assumes that advances in medical technology will one day make it possible for frozen corpses to be resurrected. The procedure involves storing bodies in liquid nitrogen at sub-zero temperatures and using life-support equipment to maintain key bodily functions.<\/p>\n<p>Gui chose to freeze Zhan\u2019s body at Yinfeng Biological Group\u2019s laboratory in Shandong in the hope that doctors will find a cure for lung cancer, according to the report by the official newspaper of China\u2019s science and technology ministry.<\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photo_wenweipocom\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"3.jpg\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fsvf0E_BBCKjAYkEtuRxa8-I_4-i?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"589\" height=\"441.0100502512563\" title=\"\">Photo: wenweipo.com<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr>\n<p>\u201cWe have to wait until there is a cure for her disease before we wake her up, otherwise there is no point,\u201d Gui was quoted as saying. \u201cI believe that with new technology, [resurrection] is entirely possible.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Zhan\u2019s body is currently stored in a 2,000-litre tank of liquid nitrogen at a temperature of minus 196 degrees Celsius.<\/p>\n<p>The belief that the frozen remains of people\u2019s loved ones might one day be brought back to life was a \u201chuge leap\u201d of faith, Dr Huang Yonghua, associate professor at Shanghai Jiaotong University\u2019s institute of refrigeration and cryogenics said.<\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photo_applenextmediacom\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"4.png\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FsNaFMV_YvdrSiw-483NauC6RT0F?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"585\" height=\"360\" title=\"\">Photo: apple.nextmedia.com<br \/><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr>\n<p>\u201cEven though we are able to use technology to freeze people\u2019s bodies, nobody has succeeded in resurrecting one,\u201d he said. \u201cIn other words, the success of cryogenics cannot be guaranteed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, it might be possible to extract DNA or other cells from a frozen person, which would make the procedure potentially beneficial for the deceased\u2019s family members, he said.<\/p>\n<p>At least 300 people have been cryogenically frozen at a handful of institutes around the world, one of them being Alcor in Arizona, in the southern United States. Chinese researchers have been studying the subject for decades.<\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photo_applenextmediacom-2\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"5.png\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fgf-4V38KdMaz6ysNGuA5K7jruAz?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"634\" height=\"354\" title=\"\">Photo: apple.nextmedia.com<br \/><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr>\n<p>While Zhan is the first Chinese person to have her whole body frozen, writer Du Hong became the first Chinese to be subjected to the process when her head was cryogenically frozen at the Alcor headquarters in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Both Alcor and another US firm Cryonics Institute are keen to tap into the Chinese market, where there is a strong belief that people\u2019s bodies should remain whole for the afterlife.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Cryopreservation] mainly fulfils the desires or demands of the patient and their families, and there is nothing wrong with that,\u201d Dr Liu Jing, a cryogenics expert at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, told the Post.<\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photo_wenweipocom-2\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"6.png\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FqMuC6VExtjV41fN9QEIMeXKkErW?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"589\" height=\"779.5121293800539\" title=\"\">Photo: wenweipo.com<br \/><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr>\n<p>According to the Science and Technology Daily report, it costs about 2 million yuan (US$300,000) to freeze a body and a further 50,000 yuan a year to pay for top-ups of liquid nitrogen. A laboratory capable of handling such procedures costs about 5 million yuan to build.<\/p>\n<p>Gui did not say how much Zhan\u2019s procedure cost, but the report said the bulk of the funding was provided by the foundation. Yinfeng Biological Group could not be reached for comment.<\/p>\n<p>According to press reports at the time, the cost of freezing Du\u2019s head was US$120,000.<\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photo_newscgtncom\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"7.jpg\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Flh4qGSxAZz-g78pDCEOpbvA8UeY?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" title=\"\">Photo: news.cgtn.com<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr>\n<p>Jia Sen, head of the Yinfeng Life Sciences Research Institute, was quoted as saying the organisation spoke to about a dozen people last year who were interested in having their remains cryogenically frozen.<\/p>\n<p>Gui said he planned to have his body frozen, so that he would be able to \u201caccompany\u201d his wife \u2013 whom he had known for 30 years \u2013 if she was one day resurrected.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen one\u2019s loved ones fall ill to untreatable illnesses, people will definitely not let go of their last hope,\u201d Huang said.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"GIC.jpg\" style=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FlXXlKXBxtykYAuKbjvAxKMwIbVH?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" width=\"500\" height=\"543.2937181663837\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Husband of China\u2019s first cryogenics subject keeps his love and hope frozen in time. 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