Or the frozen organ became so brittle it cracked. Then, said John Bischof, a cryobiology researcher at the University of Minnesota who was not involved with the pig kidney project, even when the ...

Cryobiology is the study of how low temperatures affect organisms, biological systems, or biological materials. Research uses temperatures ranging from slightly lower than normal (hypothermic) to ...

Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) and cryobiology advances over the past decades have offered hope to cancer patients who might not otherwise be able to have biological offspring due to the ...

Painted turtles on the lake. Image via Depositphotos. The study of organisms that survive freezing is rooted in the field of cryobiology. These creatures have evolved various mechanisms that allow ...

As we humans continue our detrimental activities on the planet, the biodiversity loss is now seen as a big threat to entire ecosystem in which we all live. This issue becomes even more critical as we ...