Berlin Startup Tomorrow Bio Offers Cryopreservation Services for Future Revival
Tomorrow Bio, founded in 2019 by former engineer Fernando Azevedo and cancer researcher Dr. Emil Kendziorra, is a Berlin-based startup offering cryopreservation services to freeze bodies for potential revival in the future, possibly 100 years later or more.
Founders at Tomorrow Bio: Dr. Emil Kendziorra & Fernando Azevedo
The service is legal in most Western countries. Tomorrow Bio charges ₹1.8 crore for full-body cryopreservation and ₹67.2 lakh for brain-only preservation.
Cryopreservation relies on the scientific principle that at low temperatures, all biological processes in the body, including decay and death, cease to function. Patients are cryopreserved with the hope that future technology will enable their revival and treatment of the underlying cause of death.
How Does It Work?
After a person’s death, specialized ambulances transport the body to the main facility in Switzerland. There, the body is placed in a steel container filled with liquid nitrogen and maintained at -198 degrees Celsius for ten days to achieve preservation.
The preserved bodies are kept in the underground section of the European Biostasis Foundation’s (EBF) facility in Switzerland. EBF, a non-profit organization, collaborates with Tomorrow Bio to offer secure cryopreservation services.
Since 1967, around 500 people have been cryopreserved, mostly in America. Currently, about 5000 people are signed up for cryopreservation.
Tomorrow Bio envisions a world where people can choose their lifespan regardless of their location, identity, or financial resources. The company has already cryopreserved six people and five pets, with over 650 individuals having paid for the service and awaiting preservation.
Co-founder Fernando Azevedo Pinheiro said, “During our lifetime, we may witness the safe cryopreservation and reanimation of complex organisms.”
About the Founders:
Dr. Emil Kendziorra is a medical doctor with years of experience as a cancer researcher and entrepreneur before founding Tomorrow Bio. In 2020, Fernando Azevedo Pinheiro, an experienced entrepreneur and former engineer, joined as the COO of the startup.