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Science
fromMail Online
2 days ago

Frozen brains REAWAKEN in astonishing medical breakthrough

German researchers successfully restored functional activity in frozen brain tissue using vitrification, a technique that prevents ice crystal formation by rapidly cooling tissue to a glass-like state.
Science
fromNature
4 days ago

Scientists revive activity in frozen mouse brains for the first time

German researchers successfully cryopreserved and thawed mouse brains while preserving some neuronal functionality using vitrification, advancing toward potential future applications in brain protection and organ banking.
Environment
fromMail Online
1 month ago

Inside mysterious vault built to save life after planetary extinction

A Colossal Biosciences–UAE BioVault will cryogenically store genetic material from thousands of species using robotics and AI to preserve biodiversity and enable future restoration.
World news
fromFuturism
3 months ago

Man Cryogenically Freezes Wife, Gets New Girlfriend in the Meantime

A Chinese man cryogenically preserved his wife in 2017 but began dating again in 2020 while her body remains stored awaiting unproven revival technology.
fromBusiness Insider
5 months ago

Baby's parents were 4 and 3 when he was conceived in a lab in 1994

His delivery broke the world record for the oldest known human embryo to result in a live birth. The achievement has been officially recognized by Guinness World Records because his embryo was frozen seven months before those of the previous record holders. Timothy and Lydia Ridgeway, of Vancouver, Washington, will celebrate their third birthday at the end of this month. They were conceived in April 1992 and their embryos were kept in storage for 29 years and 9 months before being transferred.
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Science
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 months ago

Scientists to attempt to rear swallowtail butterflies from eggs frozen in nitrogen

Cryopreserving swallowtail butterfly eggs in liquid nitrogen will be tested to enable long-term conservation and support breeding and translocation for the vulnerable British swallowtail.
Science
fromNature
6 months ago

My moonshot to preserve endangered species

A lunar frozen biorepository is proposed to cryopreserve tissue samples from endangered and priority species as a backup to preserve Earth's biodiversity.
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