you should really check out altered carbon
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...books&n=507846
if you like sci-fi and cyber punk books, this book deals with the notion of "immortality". essentially,the book takes place in the future world in which people can store themselves in digital form and transfer from body to body; living forever in all practical sense. What's interesting, i think is that most people don't want to live forever. it's too much a stress. ****
another thing, regarding the experiement of the worm and memory tranfered through organic material, the evidence and data from the lab is very sketchy. very little consistency in its result. many scientists think it's a total fluke because no one has since reproduce data reflecting the original hypothesis.**two cents