POSTS TAGGED AS cryopreservation

Bioink for 3D Printing Tissues and Organs

3D Bioprinted tissue
From Brigham & Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School:  “Printing at low temperatures has the added advantage that it can [MORE]

Nano Magnets for Thawing Frozen Tissues

It has long been known that freezing tissues, such as arteries, extends their “shelf life” for transplantation, but problems arise [MORE]

Advances in Organ Cryopreservation

Freezers for Cryopreservation
James Hiram Bedford died in 1967 and was the first person to be cryopreserved. His body survives, along [MORE]

Vitrification for Tissue/Organ Preservation

Cryopreservation
Keeping regenerated tissue viable over time is more of a potential problem now, but as this technology arises, labs will [MORE]

Thawing Frozen Blood in 3 Minutes

Microfluidic Device for Thawing Blood
Red blood cells stored for transfusion are rarely frozen because they take too long to thaw [MORE]

20 Year Old Embryo Finally Born

In 1990, a couple undergoing IVF stored five cryopreserved embryos after they completed their family.  Their aim was to [MORE]