We advance the science of whole-brain preservation — working toward a future where the memories, identity, and connections held in every human brain have a chance at continuity.
Modern neuroscience tells us that your memories, personality, and identity are encoded in the synaptic connectivity of your brain — the precise pattern of trillions of connections between neurons.
Brain preservation is the practice of carefully preserving this structure at the end of life, using scientifically-validated techniques, so that future generations with advanced imaging and emulation technology may have a chance to recover what is stored there.
The BPF is not a cryonics company. We are a research and advocacy nonprofit working to ensure this option becomes scientifically validated, medically supervised, and accessible to all who want it.
We fund and evaluate brain preservation research through rigorous challenge prizes — ensuring any technique claiming to preserve neural structure proves it under independent scientific scrutiny.
We advocate for brain preservation to become a medically-supervised, legally-accessible end-of-life option — sustainably, affordably, and under appropriate medical oversight for all who want it.
We publish neuroscience research, run journal clubs, and produce documentary content explaining the scientific basis of memory and identity — because informed public discourse is essential to progress.
In 2018, 21st Century Medicine's Aldehyde-Stabilized Cryopreservation (ASC) technique won the final phase of our $100,000 challenge — demonstrating reliable preservation of brain-wide synaptic ultrastructure throughout a large mammal brain. A landmark in the scientific validation of preservation methodology.
Produced by the Brain Preservation Foundation · Full 8-episode documentary series on YouTube
Sign our petition asking every society to allow medically-supervised, affordable brain preservation as an end-of-life option for all who want it.