How was the first frozen body in China handled?

A woman with lung cancer in China became the first patient to test a frozen cryogenic waiting technique.

Zhan Wenlian , Gui Jumin's wife, became the first Chinese to be frozen frozen three months ago, according to Shanghaiist. Gui believes that in the future, he can reunite with his wife through technological and medical achievements.

Freezing techniques bring hope to revive many people.(Photo: Shanghaiist).

Zhan died of lung cancer at age 49 on May 8 at a hospital in Shandong province in eastern China, according to Science and Technology Daily. Zhan's body was immediately frozen by doctors at the Yinfeng Life Science Research Institute in Shandong. The 55-hour frozen process has the support of experts from Shandong University's Qilu Hospital and Dr. Aaron Drake of the Alcor Life Extension Organization in the United States.

How to proceed with frozen body.(Video: IBT).

Cryogenic cryogenic technology is being tested with the assumption that medical technology achievements can help revive the dead in the future. The process involves storing the body in a liquid nitrogen tank at temperatures below 0 ° C and using life support devices to maintain important body functions.

Usually, when a patient is declared legally dead, their body is transferred to a cold bed and used a cardiopulmonary resuscitation device to circulate blood throughout the body again. After that, doctors use a variety of drugs to prevent the cell from being damaged after death before draining out blood and body fluids and injecting the protective fluid into the body instead.

Finally, the medical staff cooled the body by reducing 0.5 degrees Celsius every hour until it reached -196 degrees Celsius after about two weeks. Next, the body was put into a cylindrical frozen tank in an upside down position.

Ms. Zhan Wenlian.(Photo: Asiawire).

Gui chose to freeze Zhan's corpse in the laboratory of Yinfeng Biological Group in Shandong in hopes of doctors finding a way to treat lung cancer."We will wait until there is a cure for her illness before we wake her up. I believe with new technology, revival is completely feasible , " Gui said. Zhan's body is being stored in a tank containing 2,000 liters of liquid nitrogen.

According to Dr. Huang Yonghua, an assistant professor at the Shanghai Institute of Transport and Refrigeration, no patients have successfully resurrected after freezing. However, freezing allows DNA or cell samples to be taken from the dead, which can benefit family members.

At least 300 people are being frozen in some institutes around the world. One of them is Alcor in Arizona state south of the United States. Chinese researchers have also explored this process for decades.