With a Kobe University-developed procedure, induced pluripotent stem cells can now be frozen directly in their dishes without ...

Have you ever thought about what would happen if you suddenly need organ transplantation, but no one you know who is willing to donate is a match? An integral part of organ transplantation is, of ...

For the first time, scientists have cryopreserved and revived the larvae of a sea star species. The breakthrough, made with the giant pink star, gives hope the technique could be repeated to save the ...

Opportunities include increased demand for blood and biologics storage, especially in Asia-Pacific. The market is driven by ...

Explore how researchers developed a new method for freezing iPS cells without losing their undifferentiated state.

Early one morning in 1985, a pair of researchers trekked into a spit of Colombian rainforest surrounded by coffee plantations. Their task was to identify all the epiphytes — plants that grow on other ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Max More will have his brain frozen after he dies, and he’s not alone. Rose Eveleth asks him why he signed up – and how the strange procedure of cryopreserving bodies actually works. In 1972 Max More ...

Gui Junmin has a dream to keep living on, so that someday in the future, he and his beloved wife Zhan Wenlian could meet again. On May 8, 2017, Zhan was announced clinically dead due to lung cancer in ...

Kyiv, Ukraine — As Vitalii Khroniuk lay facedown on the ground taking cover from Russian artillery fire, the Ukrainian solider had just one regret: He had never had a child. Aware that he could die at ...