Look up: Cryopreservation

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   Cryopreservation
   Freezing tissues and storing them in liquid nitrogen at 196C. e.g. sperm & embryos. Freezing eggs is now possible although the success rates are not as high as freezing embryos - frozen/thawed eggs require microinjection (ICSI) to secure fertilization. Many countries have imposed restrictions on how long embryos can be stored - in the UK embryos can be stored for the patients own use for up to 10 years.
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   Cryopreservation
   Cryopreservation: The process of cooling and storing cells, tissues, or organs at very low temperatures to maintain viability. For example, the technology of cooling and storing cells at a temperature below the freezing point (-196 C) permits high rates of survivability upon thawing. In Greek 'kryos' = cold. Cryopreservation is cold storage for the ...
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   cryopreservation
   To preserve by freezing. Bone marrow harvested for an autologous BMT, for example: is cryopreserved. ... (16 Dec 1997) ...
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   Cryopreservation
   `Cryopreservation` is a process where cells or whole tissues are preserved by cooling to low sub-zero temperatures, such as (typically) 77 K or âˆ`196 ðC (the boiling point of liquid nitrogen). At these low temperatures, any biological activity, including the biochemical reactions that would lead to cell death, is effectively stopped. However, when vitrification solutions are not used, the cells being preserved are often damaged due to freezing d...
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   cryopreservation
   (kri″o-prez″әr-va´shәn) maintenance of the viability of excised tissue or organs by storing at very low temperatures.
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   cryopreservation
   cryopreservation, cryopreserve 1. Maintenance of the viability of excised tissues or organs at extremely low temperatures. 2. The process of storing semen, ova, corneas, embryos, bone marrow, or body tissue at extremely low temperatures for future use.
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   Cryopreservation
   The process of freezing and storing eggs, sperm and embryos in liquid nitrogen for future use. This storage is usually carried out using temperaturesat -196 degrees celsius. Synonym(s): Embryo Freezing
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