Cryopreservation for Cell Banking: Current Concepts at the Turn of the 21st Century

Authors

  • B. Fuller
  • C. Green
  • V. I. Grischenko

Keywords:

сryopreservation, cryoprotectant, tissue engineering

Abstract

It is only just over 50 years since the first reports of recovery of living cells from cryogenic temperatures, but since then, the science of cryobiology has progressed to make an impact in many areas of biology and medicine. Cryopreservation has become a central, routine procedure in areas such as human reproductive medicine, animal breeding, banking of cells from many genera (both prokaryotes and eukaryotes) to establish Reference Collections, and cryo-banking of blood and small tissues. During this time, a considerable understanding has been accrued of the basic mechanisms which control cell death or survival, and the aims of the current review are to set out this information. There also remain many challenges ahead, to expand the science of cryobiology in biotechnology and tissue engineering, and these are discussed.

Author Biographies

B. Fuller

Royal Free &University College Medical School, London, UK

C. Green

Northwick Park Institute for Medical Research, London, UK

V. I. Grischenko

Institute for Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkiv

 

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Published

2006-06-25

How to Cite

Fuller, B., Green, C., & Grischenko, V. I. (2006). Cryopreservation for Cell Banking: Current Concepts at the Turn of the 21st Century. Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine, (2), 62–83. Retrieved from http://journal.cryo.org.ua/index.php/probl-cryobiol-cryomed/article/view/1031

Issue

No. 2 (2003): Problems of Cryobiology

Section

Cryopreservation of Biological Resources

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