Modeling cell osmotic behavior during cooling and water crystallization

Авторы

Ключевые слова:

cooling rate, nucleation, Kedem-Katchalsky formalism, serum-free media, dextran, dimethyl sulfoxide, testicular interstitial cells, cryopreservation

Аннотация

Probl Cryobiol Cryomed. 2026; 36(2): 79—88

Биографии авторов

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

Department of Cryoendocrinology

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

Department of Low Temperature Preservation

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

Department of Low Temperature Preservation

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

Department of Low Temperature Preservation

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

Department of Cryoendocrinology

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Опубликован

2026-07-14

Как цитировать

Pakhomov, O., Kovalenko, I., Poliakova, H., Gurina, T., & Bozhok, G. (2026). Modeling cell osmotic behavior during cooling and water crystallization. Проблемы криобиологии и криомедицины, 36(2), 79—88. извлечено от https://journal.cryo.org.ua/index.php/probl-cryobiol-cryomed/article/view/2190

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Теоретическая и экспериментальная криобиология