However, the mechanism by which COOH-PLL acts as a cryoprotectant remained poorly understood, and this hindered efforts at developing better polyampholyte cryoprotectants.

The ability to freeze cells and even whole organs without damaging them, known as cryoprotection, is of considerable interest to medical practitioners, and scientists have experimented with chemicals ...

Once they applied the V3 cryoprotectant mixture onto mouse hippocampus slices, the researchers cooled the slices to −196 °C (or −320.8 °F) using liquid nitrogen and transferred them to a ...

An illustration of the new cryoprotectant, which preserves cells without causing damage from ice crystal formation. Saffron Bryant. View 2 Images 1 / 2.

Cell tissue must not freeze! Polyproline, as a minimal antifreeze protein mimetic, protects cell monolayers from freeze damage Date: December 6, 2017 ...