Cryoprotectants (CPAs) are a series of biomaterials developed to reduce cryoinjuries. To achieve the high efficiency of RBC cryopreservation, suitable CPAs should be added before freezing.

The molecules used in this process, known as “cryoprotectants”, are crucial to enable these treatments. In fact, without cryopreservation, such therapies must be deployed immediately, thus limiting ...

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The chemical substances that experts introduce into the cell are known as "cryoprotectants." These include glycerol, ethylene glycol, and dimethyl sulfoxide, among others. But if cells can be ...

Before freezing, biological materials are treated with cryoprotectants, substances that protect cells from damage during the ...

It involves introducing sugarlike substances, called cryoprotectants, into cells to help prevent lethal ice formation during the freezing phase. If done properly, the cells remain frozen and alive ...

To avoid ice nucleation, many cold-hardy ectotherms accumulate one or more cryoprotectants in advance of winter (Zachariassen & Kristiansen 2000). Representing several classes of compounds ...

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