Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To preserve (cells or tissue, for example) by freezing at very low temperatures.
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- verb To
preserve something (especiallybiological tissue ) byfreezing it and holding it a very low temperature
Etymologies
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Examples
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“Do they cryopreserve the people dead or alive?” inquired a barefoot, pretty hotel patron named Dee Lakhani, lounging on a white divan under a canopy and smoking a Marlboro (“I will be the first to go!”).
Stephen Valentine's Cyronics Book Celebrated at Southampton's Pink Elephant 2009
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We achieved some important milestones this year, including learning more about the larvae rearing process, and we were able to cryopreserve the endangered coral sperm.
New Project to Save Microscopic Coral Larvae | Impact Lab 2007
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“Do they cryopreserve the people dead or alive?” inquired a barefoot, pretty hotel patron named Dee Lakhani, lounging on a white divan under a canopy and smoking a Marlboro (“I will be the first to go!”).
Stephen Valentine's Cyronics Book Celebrated at Southampton's Pink Elephant 2009
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But what those strips never mentioned, because nobody had yet figured out a way to procure, process, isolate and cryopreserve them, is that the uterine lining contains millions of stem cells with similar properties and characteristics to those of both bone marrow and embryonic stem cells.
Beth Kohl: Red Gold 2008
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SM pronounced "C-L", the world's first-ever commercial service allowing women to cryopreserve their own menstrual stem cells.
unknown title 2011
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The CelleSM service was introduced in November 2007 as the first and only service that empowers women to collect and cryopreserve menstrual flow containing undifferentiated adult stem cells for future utilization by the donor or possibly their first-degree relatives in a manner similar to umbilical cord blood stem cells.
unknown title 2011
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The CélleSM service was introduced in November 2007 as the first and only service that empowers women to collect and cryopreserve menstrual flow containing undifferentiated adult stem cells for future utilization by the donor or possibly their first-degree relatives in a manner similar to umbilical cord blood stem cells.
News 2010
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"We understand the effects that high-risk pregnancy can have on mothers and families and we are hoping to inform women undergoing amniocentesis that they have a unique opportunity to cryopreserve amniotic fluid stem cells as a biological insurance for the future."
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The C'elle (SM) service is based on Cryo-Cell's expansive IP technology portfolio and was introduced in November, 2007 as the first and only service that empowers women to collect and cryopreserve menstrual flow containing undifferentiated adult stem cells for future utilization by the donor or possibly first-degree relatives in a manner similar to umbilical cord blood stem cells.
THE MEDICAL NEWS Editors 2010
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Célle was introduced in November, 2007 as the first and only service that empowers women to collect and cryopreserve menstrual flow containing undifferentiated adult stem cells for future potential utilization by the donor or possibly first-degree relatives in a manner similar to umbilical cord blood stem cells.
News 2010
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