Cryopreservation has been proven significance as a technique for promising the long-term conservation of plant germplasms. This study aimed to establish a cryopreservation protocol for calli of Schisandra chinensis (Turcz.) Baill, and to explore the effects of different process parameters on callus viability. Effects of desiccation duration, cryoprotectants and cryopreservation methods, thawing...

Fish populations are globally threatened by overharvesting and habitat degradation. The ability to bank fish embryos by cryopreservation could be crucial for preserving species diversity, for aquaculture (allowing circannual fish farming), and for managing fish models used in human biomedical research. However, no nonmammalian embryo has ever been successfully cryopreserved. For fish, low membr...

Room-pressure flash-cryocooling of protein crystals is the standard way to reduce radiation damage during data collection. Typically, it is necessary to find cryoprotection conditions by trial and error, a process that is not always successful. Recently, a new method, high-pressure cryocooling, was developed that does not require penetrative cryoprotectants and typically yields very high qualit...

A series of sequential experiments were carried out to determine optimum diluents, cryoprotectants, equilibration time, and thawing temperature for frozen duck semen in order to set up the commercial semen cryopreservating techniques which could be applied to the conservation of genetic resources, breeding, and commercial production in domestic ducks. In experiment 1, the seven semen extenders ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the effects of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), 1,2-propanediol (PROH), sucrose, trehalose, concentration of cryoprotectants, equilibration method, and postseeding freezing rate on doe rabbit ovarian tissue preservation after freezing, using fractional experimental design. DESIGN Experimental prospective study. SETTING Research institute in veterinary and agronomic colleges. ...

INTRODUCTION Nanoparticulate carrier system was used to target, improve bioavailability, control the drug release and avoid the enzymatic degradation. Among the nanoparticulates i.e. SLNs are attractive and face the challenges of stability. The major obstacle with the SLNs was agglomeration in order to avoid this problem freeze drying was attempted. In this laboratory process which involves fre...

Oocyte cryopreservation has encompassed various technical difficulties and thus remained a challenge to many cryobiologists. The effect of three widely used cryoprotectants and two cryopreservation techniques on the post thaw recovery rate of morphologically normal sheep oocyte, their fertilizability and developmental competence were analyzed. Ethylene glycol, propylene glycol and Dimethyl Sulf...

In contrast to the majority of the Order, the dampwood termites of the family Termopsidae found in colder regions can experience frost and snow, either in cool temperate areas at high latitudes (45 degrees ), or alpine areas at high elevations (>1000m). This suggests that dampwood termites are adapted to cold climates. We investigated this hypothesis in two dampwood termites, Porotermes adamson...