Nectome

Nectome is a San Francisco-based company offering whole-body human preservation performed post-mortem, with the stated goal of enabling possible revival in the future. The company says it aims to preserve people within minutes after legal death so that both the body and the brain are maintained at a very high level of structural quality.

According to the company, that level of detail is intended to allow the connections between neurons and synapses to be traced throughout the brain. Nectome cites modern neuroscience for the proposition that a person's memory, skills and personality reside in this structure, and states its belief that the scientific and clinical literature supports the view that its preservation protocol can preserve an individual for hundreds of years in sufficient detail that revival is a theoretical possibility over the long term. The company draws an analogy to DNA preservation, which was feasible before genomes could be sequenced, arguing that verifiable preservation can precede the ability to interpret the underlying biology.

Business model

Nectome provides a preservation service performed after legal death, contracted directly with individuals; the website directs prospective customers to contact the company by email.