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SUBMITTER: Han Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10256770 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Han Zonghu Z Rao Joseph Sushil JS Gangwar Lakshya L Namsrai Bat-Erdene BE Pasek-Allen Jacqueline L JL Etheridge Michael L ML Wolf Susan M SM Pruett Timothy L TL Bischof John C JC Finger Erik B EB
Nature communications 20230609 1
Banking cryopreserved organs could transform transplantation into a planned procedure that more equitably reaches patients regardless of geographical and time constraints. Previous organ cryopreservation attempts have failed primarily due to ice formation, but a promising alternative is vitrification, or the rapid cooling of organs to a stable, ice-free, glass-like state. However, rewarming of vitrified organs can similarly fail due to ice crystallization if rewarming is too slow or cracking fro ...[more]