Partial freezing of rat livers extends preservation time by 5-fold
oleh: Shannon N. Tessier, Reinier J. de Vries, Casie A. Pendexter, Stephanie E. J. Cronin, Sinan Ozer, Ehab O. A. Hafiz, Siavash Raigani, Joao Paulo Oliveira-Costa, Benjamin T. Wilks, Manuela Lopera Higuita, Thomas M. van Gulik, Osman Berk Usta, Shannon L. Stott, Heidi Yeh, Martin L. Yarmush, Korkut Uygun, Mehmet Toner
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2022-07-01 |
Deskripsi
The limited preservation duration of donor organs is a big problem. Here the authors report a method for the freezing of whole rat livers at temperatures between −10 °C to −15 °C for up to 5 days, based on freeze-tolerant wood frogs, and term this partial freezing.