As guest editors of this sustainability issue of Biopreservation and Biobanking focused on business planning, utilization, and marketing, we invited a number of experts from different sectors of the biobanking arena to provide their views on business planning issues. Each expert was asked to provide a brief background statement on their biobanks, to build a context to understand their answers t...

We describe direct determination of the state of intracellular water, measurement of the intercellular concentration of a cryoprotectant agent (dimethylsulfoxide), and the distribution of organic material in frozen mammalian cells. Confocal Raman microspectroscopy was utilized at cryogenic temperatures with single live cells to conduct high spatial resolution measurements (350 × 350 × 700 nm), ...

In recent years, public concern about indoor mould growth has increased dramatically in the United States. In this study, lactic acid bacteria (LAB), which are known to produce antimicrobial compounds important in the biopreservation of food, were evaluated to determine if the same antimicrobial properties can be used to inhibit mould fungi that typically colonize wood. Based on biomass measure...

The main topic of this paper is a focus on some non-conventional tools to preserve the microbiological and physico-chemical quality of fresh-cut fruits and vegetables. The quality of fresh-cut foods is the result of a complex equilibrium involving surface microbiota, storage temperature, gas in the headspace and the use of antimicrobials. This paper proposes a short overview of some non-convent...

This article intends to investigate traditional food preservation methods, as well their methodical thoughtful, and propose scientific solutions based on the facts gained. Food is an action or method for preserving foods at chosen quality level. Several innovative conservation methods are being established meet contemporary needs cost-effective user fulfillment in terms of wellbeing, nutrition,...

Modern day medicine has entered the post-genomic era when decoding of the human genome is expected to provide the basis for mapping a route that will define the genetic basis and provide the keys to the eventual cure of human diseases. This new era has also seen the emergence of new disciplines that involve manipulative engineering to provide remedies to a wide variety of conditions ranging fro...