Ice-Free Cryopreservation by Vitrification
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Long-term preservation is crucial as an enabling technology for tissue banking for transplantation, regenerative medicine products that contain living cells and biopsy samples. Regenerative medicine reviews in particular have consistently highlighted the need for preservation methods for product development and commercialization. Strategic assessments of regenerative medicine have provided three critical priorities related to the need for better preservation methods [1-2]:
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