On-Chip Cryopreservation: A Novel Method for Ultra-Rapid Cryoprotectant-Free Cryopreservation of Small Amounts of Human Spermatozoa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Zou, Yujie ^a   Yin, Tailang ^a,b   Chen, Shijing ^c   Yang, Jing ^a   Huang, Weihua ^c  

^a RENMIN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DIMETICONE; DNA; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE;

ACROSOME; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTION; DNA DAMAGE; FREEZE THAWING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; ON CHIP CRYOPRESERVATION; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTICULAR SPERM EXTRACTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; DEVICES; FERTILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPERM PRESERVATION;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA;

ACROSOME; CELL SURVIVAL; COMET ASSAY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SPERM MOTILITY; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 84876986759     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061593     Document Type: Article

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