Emerging technologies in medical applications of minimum volume vitrification

Nanomedicine

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1115-1129

  Zhang, Xiaohui ^a   Catalano, Paolo N ^a   Gurkan, Umut Atakan ^a   Khimji, Imran ^a   Demirci, Utkan ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

cryopreservation; cryoprotectant agents; droplet vitrification; minimum volume vitrification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARIAN PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERM PRESERVATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VITRIFICATION; ZYGOTE;

CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 80052302612     PISSN: 17435889     EISSN: 17486963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/nnm.11.71     Document Type: Article

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