Life in the Frozen State

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Barry J. Fuller, Nick Lane, Erica E. Benson
CRC Press, 10.05.2004 - 704 Seiten
While it is barely 50 years since the first reliable reports of the recovery of living cells frozen to cryogenic temperatures, there has been tremendous growth in the use of cryobiology in medicine, agriculture, horticulture, forestry, and the conservation of endangered or economically important species.

As the first major text on cryobiolog
 

Inhalt

1 Principles of Cryobiology Peter Mazur
3
Implications for Living Cells
67
Theme 2 Life and Death at Low Temperatures
109
3 Life in the Polar Terrestrial Environment with a Focus on Algae and Cyanobacteria
111
Extended Times in Extreme Conditions
151
5 Adaptation of Higher Plants to Freezing
171
A Free Radical Point of View
205
The Wood Frog
243
13 Cryopreservation as a Supporting Measure in Species Conservation Not the Frozen Zoo
393
14 Cryopreservation of Gametes and Embryos of Aquatic Species
415
15 Fundamental Issues for CellLine Banks in Biotechnology and Regulatory Affairs
437
Theme 4 Medical Applications
453
16 Mechanisms of Injury Caused by in Vivo Freezing
455
17 Cryopreservation in Transfusion Medicine and Hematology
483
18 Cryopreservation of Human Gametes and Embryos
505
19 The Scientic Basis for Tissue Banking
541

Theme 3 Freezing and Banking of Living Resources
275
8 Preservation of Fungi and Yeasts
277
Historical Perspectives and Future Challenges
299
10 Plant Cryopreservation
329
11 The Early History of Gamete Cryobiology
347
12 Cryobiology of Gametes and the Breeding of Domestic Animals
371
Tools and Techniques
563
The Trehalose Myth
581
New Developments
603
Theme 5 The Future of Cryobiology
643
23 The Future of Cryobiology
645
Index
659

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