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Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

Volume 25, 2023

Engineered Compounds to Control Ice Nucleation and Recrystallization

Abstract

One of the greatest concerns in the subzero storage of cells, tissues, and organs is the ability to control the nucleation or recrystallization of ice. In nature, evidence of these processes, which aid in sustaining internal temperatures below the physiologic freezing point for extended periods of time, is apparent in freeze-avoidant and freeze-tolerant organisms. After decades of studying these proteins, we now have easily accessible compounds and materials capable of recapitulating the mechanisms seen in nature for biopreser-vation applications. The output from this burgeoning area of research can interact synergistically with other novel developments in the field of cryobiology, making it an opportune time for a review on this topic.

Keyword(s): antifreeze (glyco)protein, ice nucleation, ice recrystallization, thermal hysteresis
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Engineered Compounds to Control Ice Nucleation and Recrystallization
Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering 25, 333 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-bioeng-082222-015243
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