A proposed design for the cryopreservation of intact and adherent human embryonic stem cell colonies

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Animal

Volumn 41, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 77-79

  Heng, Boon C ^a   Bested, Soren M ^b   Chan, Swee H ^a   Cao, Tong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Camden Medical Centre ^*  (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Embryonic; Human; Stem cells; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL VIABILITY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; STEM CELL; VITRIFICATION;

CELL ADHESION; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYO; HUMANS; ORGAN PRESERVATION SOLUTIONS; STEM CELLS;

MURINAE;

EID: 22344457773     PISSN: 10712690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1290/04090651.1     Document Type: Article

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