Role of intracellular freezing in the death of cells cooled at supraoptimal rates. [Preservation of erythrocytes, bone marrow cells, and yeasts by freezing]

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1976

OSTI ID:7336219

Mazur, P.

Cooling velocity is one of the major factors that determines whether viable cells can be frozen to temperatures that permit indefinite storage. Cooling either too slowly or too rapidly tends to be damaging. Optimum cooling rates are reported for mouse marrow stem cells, yeast, and human red cells.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., Tenn. (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• OSTI ID: 7336219
• Report Number(s): CONF-760865-1
• Resource Relation: Conference: 13. annual meeting of the Society for Cryobioligy, Arlington, VA, USA, 2 Aug 1976
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
BONE MARROW CELLS
FREEZING
PRESERVATION
ERYTHROCYTES
YEASTS
ANIMAL CELLS
CRYOGENICS
STORAGE
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
TIME DEPENDENCE
VIABILITY
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BIOMASS
BLOOD
BLOOD CELLS
BODY FLUIDS
CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS
ENERGY SOURCES
FUNGI
MICROORGANISMS
PLANTS
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
SOMATIC CELLS
551000* - Physiological Systems