CRYOBIOLOGY FUNDAMENTALS.

Author(s) : SENGUPTA P.

Summary

THE AUTHOR SUMMARIZES THE HISTORY OF CRYOBIOLOGY AND DEFINES ITS DOMAIN. HE THEN EXPLAINS SOME OF ITS ESSENTIALS, GOING THROUGH BIOKINETICS, POIKILOTHERM AND HEMOIOTHERM ORGANISMS, AND THEIR ADAPTABILITY AND TOLERANCE. HE GOES ON TO DISCUSS: CRYOBIOLOGY AND ITS BIPOLAR APPLICATIONS, IN PRESERVATION AND IN BIOTECHNOLOGY (CRYOPRESERVATION OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS AND BONES, CRYOSURGERY AND FREEZE-DRYING). IN A SECOND PART, HE GIVES A THEORETICAL OVERVIEW OF CRYOBIOLOGY. M. C.

Details

  • Original title: CRYOBIOLOGY FUNDAMENTALS.
  • Record ID : 1990-2126
  • Languages: English
  • Publication date: 1989/07/06
  • Source: Source: Proc. IVth int. Sch. Cryobiol. Freeze-drying, Borovets
    L169-L179; 5 fig.; 2 tabl.; 24 ref.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.