Knowledge Center · provider_described_with_scientific_limit
Whole-body versus neuro preservation
Whole-body and neuro are different provider-defined scopes. CWH has no scientific basis to promise a better future outcome for either option.
Checked 2026-08-29
What the scope means
Whole-body preservation concerns preserving the body within an organization’s protocol. Neuro or brain-focused preservation concentrates on the brain or head. Exact procedural details vary among Providers and should not be generalized without a source.
Sources: Alcor Life Extension Foundation · checked 2026-08-29
Why both options are discussed
Advocates of brain-focused approaches commonly emphasize brain structure as important to memory and identity; whole-body advocates may prefer retaining more biological structure. Both positions contain assumptions about future technology that are untested today.
Sources: Brain Sciences / PubMed · Society for Cryobiology · checked 2026-08-29
Price does not rank scientific value
Price differences reflect provider model, procedural scope, storage requirements, and other operational factors. A higher or lower amount is not an evidence score and should not be used as a proxy for outcome probability.
Sources: Alcor Life Extension Foundation · CWH · checked 2026-08-29
What is unknown
There are no validated human outcome data from which to calculate future-recovery probabilities for whole-body or neuro preservation. Any percentage estimate from CWH would be invented.
Sources: Society for Cryobiology · checked 2026-08-29
How CWH supports comparison
CWH shows which options a specific Provider describes, what is included or excluded in the amount, which membership requirements apply, and when the source was reviewed. User choice should not be replaced by a recommendation badge.
Sources: CWH · checked 2026-08-29