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cryopreservation

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cryopreservation /cryo·pres·er·va·tion/ (-prez?er-va´shun) maintenance of the viability of excised tissue or organs by storing at very low temperatures.
cry·o·pres·er·va·tion (kr-przr-vshn)
n.
Maintenance of the viability of excised tissues or organs by freezing at extremely low temperatures.

cryo·pre·serve (kr-pr-zûrv) v.

cryopreservation
maintenance of the viability of excised tissue or organs by storing at very low temperatures.

cryopreservation The reversible freezing of tissues–eg, packed RBCs and pre- and post-fertilization products, and autologous BM, often with glycerol for autologous BMT Reproduction medicine A technique for freezing cells to preserve for later use. See Frozen cells, in vitro fertilization.


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for processes relating to its cryopreservation, cell production and manufacturing.
It is not therefore licit to produce embryos in vitro, and even less so to produce them voluntarily in abundance, so as to make cryopreservation necessary.
Cryopreservation -- freezing embryos in storage -- significantly reduces the odds of successful implantation, scientists from Tel Aviv University conclude in the Oct.
 
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