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Cryopreservation
Cryopreservation is a process that preserves organelles, cells, tissues, or any other biological constructs by cooling the samples to very low temperatures. It has become a routine practice in biomedical research and clinical medicine. Cryopreservation is also known as cro-conservation.
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NOV 29, 2022Drug Discovery & Development
A common chemotherapy drug may make future generations more susceptible to disease. The corresponding study was publishe ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 08, 2022Immunology
One of the primary objectives for the application of flow cytometry in any testing environment should be measurement ass ...Sponsored By: Slingshot Biosciences, Inc.AUG 03, 2022Cancer
Cell culturing is hard work. Because it's a highly technical process, there's a lot that can go wrong ...SEP 28, 2021Microbiology
This image by Michael Plewka shows a very tough old rotifer.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 02, 2021Plants & Animals
Since March 2018, there have only been two northern white rhinos left on Earth. They live under armed guard 24 hours a d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 14, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Nature is in decline; the planet has lost a tremendous amount of biodiversity over the past few years due to human actio ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 14, 2020Plants & Animals
Rest easy, chips-and-dip lovers, the world's guacamole supply has been secured for future generations.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 08, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Lizards are thought to be under threat due to habitat loss, predation, climate change, and other factors worldwide.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 05, 2019Chemistry & Physics
Cryonics ("Cryo" related to Greek word for "cold") is a highly controversial method to deep freeze a ...Written By: Daniel DuanJUN 22, 2019Health & Medicine
It is well established that the microbiome is essential for metabolism and digestion. The gut bacteria that make up the ...Written By: Abbie ArceDEC 14, 2018Cancer
Chimeric antigen receptor T cells (CAR-T cells) have emerged as a useful tool for cancer treatments in a small number of ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanMAR 21, 2018Neuroscience
In a small lab, maybe in a rural area, there could be frozen bodies and slides of nanometer thin brain slices, perfectly ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 20, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A 14-year-old cancer patient in the United Kingdom recently won the legal right to be cryopreserved after her death. Alt ...JUL 21, 2016Videos
Death is a scary event, but perhaps less so for the people who believe in cryonics - the process of cryopreserving the b ...FEB 23, 2016Neuroscience
While the concept of cryopreservation is usually found only in the plots of science fiction movies, it could be getting ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 30, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
An effective treatment for Type 1 diabetes is to transplant new pancreatic islet cells into the patient. While this ther ...MAY 22, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A group of scientists at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, have a achieved what they describe as a real ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
NOV 29, 2022
Drug Discovery & Development
A common chemotherapy drug may make future generations more susceptible to disease. The corresponding study was publishe
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 08, 2022
Immunology
One of the primary objectives for the application of flow cytometry in any testing environment should be measurement ass
...
Sponsored By:
Slingshot Biosciences, Inc.
AUG 03, 2022
Cancer
Cell culturing is hard work. Because it's a highly technical process, there's a lot that can go wrong
...
SEP 28, 2021
Microbiology
This image by Michael Plewka shows a very tough old rotifer.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 02, 2021
Plants & Animals
Since March 2018, there have only been two northern white rhinos left on Earth. They live under armed guard 24 hours a d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 14, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Nature is in decline; the planet has lost a tremendous amount of biodiversity over the past few years due to human actio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 14, 2020
Plants & Animals
Rest easy, chips-and-dip lovers, the world's guacamole supply has been secured for future generations.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 08, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Lizards are thought to be under threat due to habitat loss, predation, climate change, and other factors worldwide.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 05, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
Cryonics ("Cryo" related to Greek word for "cold") is a highly controversial method to deep freeze a
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUN 22, 2019
Health & Medicine
It is well established that the microbiome is essential for metabolism and digestion. The gut bacteria that make up the
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
DEC 14, 2018
Cancer
Chimeric antigen receptor T cells (CAR-T cells) have emerged as a useful tool for cancer treatments in a small number of
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
MAR 21, 2018
Neuroscience
In a small lab, maybe in a rural area, there could be frozen bodies and slides of nanometer thin brain slices, perfectly
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 20, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A 14-year-old cancer patient in the United Kingdom recently won the legal right to be cryopreserved after her death. Alt
...
JUL 21, 2016
Videos
Death is a scary event, but perhaps less so for the people who believe in cryonics - the process of cryopreserving the b
...
FEB 23, 2016
Neuroscience
While the concept of cryopreservation is usually found only in the plots of science fiction movies, it could be getting
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 30, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
An effective treatment for Type 1 diabetes is to transplant new pancreatic islet cells into the patient. While this ther
...
MAY 22, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A group of scientists at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, have a achieved what they describe as a real
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider