Berlin Startup Offers Cryogenic Freezing for €50 Monthly Fee

Sarah J · 2024-11-18T08:58:43.000Z

Tomorrow Biostasis, a Berlin-based startup founded in 2020, is making waves in the cryonics industry by offering to freeze and store human bodies after death for a monthly fee of 50 euros. The company, co-founded by Emil Kendziorra, aims to make cryopreservation more accessible to the general public. Clients like Becca Ziegler, a 24-year-old US tech worker living in Berlin, are signing up for the service in hopes of being revived in the future when medical technology advances sufficiently. The process involves deep-freezing the body to minus 200 degrees Celsius using liquid nitrogen after death. The full service includes a lump-sum payment of 200,000 euros at the time of death, or 75,000 euros for brain-only preservation. Tomorrow Biostasis currently has around 700 paying members and has cryopreserved four people as of last year. When a client dies, the company dispatches a medical team to cool the body and infuse it with a cryoprotectant before transporting it to a storage facility in Switzerland. The typical customer is between 30 and 40 years old, works in technology, and is more likely to be male. While the concept remains controversial, with skeptics like Holger Reinsch from the ILK Dresden research institute expressing doubts, recent advancements in cryopreservation techniques have sparked interest. Experiments with rabbit brains and human brain tissue have shown promising results, though no one has yet been successfully revived after cryopreservation. As the debate continues, Tomorrow Biostasis and its clients are betting on future technological breakthroughs, offering an alternative to traditional burial or cremation for those willing to take the chance. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-11-stiff-business-berlin-startup-corpse.html

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