Title:

Letter from Saul Kent, Life Extension Foundation to Marshall W. Nirenberg

Creator:

Life Extension Foundation
Kent, Saul

Recipient:

Nirenberg, Marshall W.

Date:

12 September 1988

Description:

Kent, president of the Life Extension Foundation (a non-profit organization that provides financial assistance to scientists striving to extend the human life span), asks for Nirenberg's assistance in supporting cryonic suspension (freezing of the human body after legal death for the purpose of reanimation). A lengthy discussion of the scientific, social, and ethical implications of cryonic suspension is included. Kent asks Nirenberg to send him a letter of support in hope of fighting a ruling by the State of California Health Department making it illegal.

Location:

Box: 17. Folder: 37

Rights:

Courtesy of Marshall W. Nirenberg.

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Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Format:

Text

Extent:

1 pages

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

JJBBZS

NLM ID:

101584910X431

Profiles Collection:

The Marshall W. Nirenberg Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584910X431

Story Section:

Beyond the Laboratory: Professional, Personal, and Political Life, 1967-2002