JoshuaZ comments on Pet Cryonics - Less Wrong
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No one has revived a mouse. Kidneys have been done in rabbits. And we've also brought dogs down to low but slightly above freezing temperatures and brought them back with no substantial damage. But keep in mind that bringing something to the point of freezing in water is much higher temperature than liquid nitrogen and while kidneys have been brought to liquid nitrogen temperatures and back with minimal damage, kidneys are one of the simplest vital organs.
The brain and kidney do have similarities though.
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I'm not too optimistic about reversal of full-body preservations performed in the next few decades. I am much more optimistic about prospects of regrowing the non-brain organs and creating a new body from them.