: how is cryopreservation able to somewhat preserve and sustain a person without them slowly dying due to a lack of basic necessities like oxygen and water?

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: how is cryopreservation able to somewhat preserve and sustain a person without them slowly dying due to a lack of basic necessities like oxygen and water?

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Answer 1

you do die, you brain and heart stop, your metabolism stops so there is no need to consume any oxygen. You are dead with the caveat that you don’t decay and can be “revived” because all your tissues are still mostly intact.