Integrating nanoscale technologies with cryogenics: A step towards improved biopreservation

Nanomedicine

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1787-1789

  Guven, Sinan ^a   Demirci, Utkan ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

cryopreservation; cryoprotectant agent; minimum volume vitrification; nanotechnology

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; AUTOMATION; BLOOD STORAGE; CELL VIABILITY; CRYOBIOLOGY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOSKELETON; INTEGRATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; TISSUE PRESERVATION; VITRIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; HUMANS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84871284119     PISSN: 17435889     EISSN: 17486963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/nnm.12.158     Document Type: Review

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