[HTML][HTML] Chemical approaches to cryopreservation

KA Murray, MI Gibson - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
Cryopreservation of cells and biologics underpins all biomedical research from routine
sample storage to emerging cell-based therapies, as well as ensuring cell banks provide …

Supramolecular hydrogelators and hydrogels: from soft matter to molecular biomaterials

X Du, J Zhou, J Shi, B Xu - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
In this review we intend to provide a relatively comprehensive summary of the work of
supramolecular hydrogelators after 2004 and to put emphasis particularly on the …

Cryoprotectants: A review of the actions and applications of cryoprotective solutes that modulate cell recovery from ultra-low temperatures

GD Elliott, S Wang, BJ Fuller - Cryobiology, 2017 - Elsevier
Cryopreservation has become a central technology in many areas of clinical medicine,
biotechnology, and species conservation within both plant and animal biology …

[HTML][HTML] From ice-binding proteins to bio-inspired antifreeze materials

IK Voets - Soft Matter, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Ice-binding proteins (IBP) facilitate survival under extreme conditions in diverse life forms.
IBPs in polar fishes block further growth of internalized environmental ice and inhibit ice …

The need for novel cryoprotectants and cryopreservation protocols: Insights into the importance of biophysical investigation and cell permeability

R Raju, SJ Bryant, BL Wilkinson, G Bryant - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Cryopreservation is a key method of preservation of biological material for both
medical treatments and conservation of endangered species. In order to avoid cellular …

Polymer self-assembly induced enhancement of ice recrystallization inhibition

PG Georgiou, HL Marton, AN Baker… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Ice binding proteins modulate ice nucleation/growth and have huge (bio) technological
potential. There are few synthetic materials that reproduce their function, and rational design …

Control strategies of ice nucleation, growth, and recrystallization for cryopreservation

M Lin, H Cao, J Li - Acta Biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
The cryopreservation of biomaterials is fundamental to modern biotechnology and
biomedicine, but the biggest challenge is the formation of ice, resulting in fatal cryoinjury to …

Current perspective of sustainable surfactants based on renewable building blocks

A Bhadani, A Kafle, T Ogura, M Akamatsu… - Current Opinion in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Surfactants are active or essential ingredient of several industrial and consumer
formulations. These amphiphilic organic molecules demonstrate unique ability to adsorb at …

Antifreeze (glyco) protein mimetic behavior of poly (vinyl alcohol): detailed structure ice recrystallization inhibition activity study

T Congdon, R Notman, MI Gibson - Biomacromolecules, 2013 - ACS Publications
This manuscript reports a detailed study on the ability of poly (vinyl alcohol) to act as a
biomimetic surrogate for antifreeze (glyco) proteins, with a focus on the specific property of …

Advanced biomaterials in cell preservation: Hypothermic preservation and cryopreservation

Y Ma, L Gao, Y Tian, P Chen, J Yang, L Zhang - Acta Biomaterialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Cell-based medicine has made great advances in clinical diagnosis and therapy for various
refractory diseases, inducing a growing demand for cell preservation as support technology …