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Immune Cell Bank Bets on Future CAR T Success

Nicoletta Lanese | Aug 16, 2019 | 6 min read

The company Cell Vault offers to hold consumers’ T cells for later use, but scientists suggest the service would benefit very few users.

Image of the Day: Frigid Cells

Nicoletta Lanese | Jul 31, 2019 | 1 min read

A new cryoprotectant safeguards frozen cells against degradation.

Discover the Freshness of Frozen PBMCs

The Scientist’s Creative Services Team | 1 min read

Researchers discuss how peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) cryopreservation affects T cell activation and immune cell phenotypes.

Opinion: New Repository Will Hold the World’s Microbial Riches

Jack Gilbert, Rob Knight, Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello, and Martin Blaser | Jun 1, 2019 | 3 min read

The Microbiota Vault takes a holistic approach to preserving Earth’s microscopic diversity.

Image of the Day: Cryo Corals

Ashley Yeager | Oct 26, 2018 | 1 min read

With the help of gold nanorods and a cryoprotectant, coral larvae are brought back to life after cryopreservation.

Peripheral blood mononuclear cells surrounded by red blood cells in circulating blood.

Accelerating Immune Research with Cryopreserved Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells

The Scientist’s Creative Services Team and MilliporeSigma | 3 min read

Commerically-available peripheral blood mononuclear cells offer a well-characterized, accessible, and consistent model for immunology and therapeutic development.

Researchers Cryopreserve Coral Sperm

Catherine Offord | Feb 1, 2018 | 5 min read

A project aims to preserve samples of the climate change–vulnerable animals for future restoration.

Coral Sperm Banker

The Scientist Staff | Jan 31, 2018 | 1 min read

Mary Hagedorn is racing to save Earth’s coral reefs by developing techniques for freezing the colonial animals’ gametes.

Zebrafish Embryos Survive Deep Freeze and Quick Thaw

Ashley Yeager | Jul 28, 2017 | 3 min read

In a first, scientists reanimate the fish using embedded gold nanoparticles that heat up cells by absorbing laser light.

Spoiler Alert

Wudan Yan | Mar 1, 2016 | 7 min read

How to store microbiome samples without losing or altering diversity

Next Generation: Precision Blood Rinsing

Molly Sharlach | Nov 25, 2014 | 3 min read

A microfluidic device can safely remove glycerol from thawed red blood cells in minutes, potentially making frozen blood more feasible for routine transfusions.

Surviving the Ice Age

Sarah C.P. Williams | Sep 1, 2014 | 6 min read

A beginner’s guide to freezing and thawing pluripotent stem cells

Week in Review: April 28–May 2

Tracy Vence | May 2, 2014 | 3 min read

Male scientists stress mice out; using SCNT to reprogram adult cells; acetate can reach mouse brain, reduce appetite; WHO sounds “post-antibiotic era” alarm

Rare Fat Keeps Fly from Freezing

Sandhya Sekar | Apr 30, 2014 | 3 min read

Researchers report the first evidence of cryopreservation by an overwintering insect in which stores of an uncommon lipid are critical.

Week in Review: November 4–8

Tracy Vence | Nov 8, 2013 | 3 min read

Infant immune systems suppressed; why tissues are tough to freeze; silencing one gene causes secondary effects; estrogen’s role in drug-resistant breast cancer

Faulty Freezing

Abby Olena, PhD | Nov 5, 2013 | 3 min read

Researchers show that tissues are more likely than single cells to suffer damage during cryopreservation because of the tight junctions between cells.