Cryopreservation – News and Features

The study indicates that archived samples from the Danish Newborn Screening Biobank represent a reliable resource of DNA for whole-genome amplification and subsequent genome-wide association studies.

With biobank collections increasing in value by medical researchers and drug developers worldwide, the biobank market is enjoying rapid growth.

Researchers from the University of Virginia have shown how buffy coats can be stored for up to 9 years in a -80°C frozen state and still produce high yields of DNA suitable for GWA analysis and other genetic testing.

This article compares three modes for the cryopreservation of human induced pluripotent stem cells.

New collaboration will focus on passive cooling technologies.

This review details the incorporation of liposomes into red blood cell membranes as an effective approach for minimizing red blood cell hypothermic storage membrane lesion and use of liposomes as a permeabilization.

In this study researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine review the suitability of a new commercially available vial configuration container that remains stable through cryopreservation and biobanking procedures.

Select Biosciences, organizers of European Lab Automation (ELA) 2011, announces that the World Biobanking Summit will join the highly topical conference streams already confirmed at this unique laboratory automation conference and exhibition.

An article, published in the Journal of Reproduction and Development describes the optimization of cryopreservation conditions to store mouse sperm.