Preserving human cells for regenerative, reproductive, and transfusion medicine

Biotechnology Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 895-903

  Asghar, Waseem ^a   El Assal, Rami ^a   Shafiee, Hadi ^b   Anchan, Raymond M ^b   Demirci, Utkan ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Regenerative medicine; Reproductive medicine; Transfusion medicine; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION; STEM CELLS; VITRIFICATION;

BIOCHEMICAL PROCESS; CRYO-PRESERVATION; CRYOPRESERVATION METHODS; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; MINIMUM VOLUMES; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES; TRANSFUSION MEDICINES;

CYTOLOGY;

BULK METHOD; CONVENTIONAL STRAW; CRYOLOOP; CRYOPRESERVATION; ERYTHROCYTE PRESERVATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MINIMUM VOLUME VITRIFICATION; NANOLITER VITRIFICATION; OOCYTE; OPEN PULL STRAW; PRESERVATION AND STORAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUARTZ MICRO CAPILLARY; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; STEM CELL; SURFACE BASED METHOD; TRANSFUSION MEDICINE; VITRIFICATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ERYTHROCYTE; MESENCHYMAL STROMA CELL; PROCEDURES;

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT;

CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; OOCYTES; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; TRANSFUSION MEDICINE; VITRIFICATION;

EID: 84903788728     PISSN: 18606768     EISSN: 18607314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biot.201300074     Document Type: Review

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