How does cryogenics work? The science behind body preservation
Case of British girl winning battle to have body frozen throws technology into spotlight
The Cyronics Institute facility in Clinton township, Michigan, where the body of a 14-year-old British girl and 142 other bodies are being preserved. Photograph: EPA/Cryonics Institute
The technology behind cryogenic preservation has been around since the 1960s but it is carried out in only three clinics – two in the United States and one in Russia – and only a few hundred bodies have been frozen in this way.