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. 2017 Dec 12;114(50):13060-13062.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.1717588114.

Core Concept: Cryopreservation aims to engineer novel ways to freeze, store, and thaw organs

Megan Scudellari

Core Concept: Cryopreservation aims to engineer novel ways to freeze, store, and thaw organs

Megan Scudellari. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Cryopreservation methods have the potential to revive damaged organs, improve the quality of tissue models for drug discovery, and extend the amount of time a transplant organ can be preserved. Image courtesy of Shutterstock/kalewa.
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Colder temperatures allow for different preservation conditions and strategies. Reprinted from ref. with permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Nature Biotechnology, copyright 2017.
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