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Book SynopsisMoving rapidly from science fiction to science fact, cryopreservation is an integral part of many research, development, and production processes in industry and academia. The preservation sciences have emerged as an interdisciplinary platform that incorporates the fundamentals of cell and molecular biology, and bioengineering, with the classic methodological approaches to freezing and drying living matter. Researchers and biotech companies must scramble to learn about, and adopt, the new preservation strategies that incorporate the classic and the new molecular-based approaches.
The first reference of its kind, Advances in Biopreservation addresses the breadth of the field of biopreservation. Written by recognized international leaders in biopreservation, the book expertly integrates recent molecular-based discoveries with classically-based biopreservation basics, offering a new look at advances in the emerging regenerative medicine arena. In addition to general concepts of bio
Table of ContentsConcepts in Biopreservation. Fundamentals of Hypothermic Preservation. Properties of Cells & Tissues Influencing Preservation Outcome: Molecular Basis of Preservation Induced Cell Death. Selective Cryotherapy: Preservation-Ablation. Biomaterials. Viability and Functional Assays Used to Assess Preservation. Preservation of Cellular Therapies: Gene Therapy, Cellular and Metabolic Engineering.Tissue Preservation. Organ Preservation for Transplantation. Cryopreservation of Non-Mammalian Metazoan Systems. The Use of Intracellular Protectants in Cell Biopreservation. Thermal Instruments and Devices in Cryobiological Research and Applications. Solid Mechanics Aspects of Cryobiology. Stabilization of Mammalian Cells in the Dry State.
