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 It said the girl was supported in her wish to be preserved by her
mother but not by her father.
The BBC said a High Court judge ruled that the girl's mother should
be allowed to decide what happened to the body.
The girl, who lived in the London area, cannot be named for legal
reasons.
When she died in October her body was taken to the United States and
preserved there, the BBC added.
Cryonics is the practice or technique of deep-freezing the bodies of
those who have died of an incurable disease, in the hope of a future
cure.
(Writing by James Davey; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)
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