cryopreservation

The company Cell Vault offers to hold consumers’ T cells for later use, but scientists suggest the service would benefit very few users.

A new cryoprotectant safeguards frozen cells against degradation.

The Microbiota Vault takes a holistic approach to preserving Earth’s microscopic diversity.

With the help of gold nanorods and a cryoprotectant, coral larvae are brought back to life after cryopreservation.

A project aims to preserve samples of the climate change–vulnerable animals for future restoration.

Mary Hagedorn is racing to save Earth’s coral reefs by developing techniques for freezing the colonial animals’ gametes.

In a first, scientists reanimate the fish using embedded gold nanoparticles that heat up cells by absorbing laser light.

How to store microbiome samples without losing or altering diversity

A microfluidic device can safely remove glycerol from thawed red blood cells in minutes, potentially making frozen blood more feasible for routine transfusions.

A beginner’s guide to freezing and thawing pluripotent stem cells

Male scientists stress mice out; using SCNT to reprogram adult cells; acetate can reach mouse brain, reduce appetite; WHO sounds “post-antibiotic era” alarm

Researchers report the first evidence of cryopreservation by an overwintering insect in which stores of an uncommon lipid are critical.

Infant immune systems suppressed; why tissues are tough to freeze; silencing one gene causes secondary effects; estrogen’s role in drug-resistant breast cancer

Researchers show that tissues are more likely than single cells to suffer damage during cryopreservation because of the tight junctions between cells.

The very cold, the merely chilled, and the colorful

Why scientists are so near and yet so far from being able to cryopreserve organs

Watch as the astounding wood frog uses cellular cryopreservation tricks to freeze, thaw, and live to croak about it.

A handful of species have learned how to survive in freezing climates. To do so, the animals must counteract the damaging effects of ice crystal formation, or keep from freezing altogether. Here are a few ways they do it.