Researchers at the University of Ottowa, Canada used Linkam’s Freeze Drying system FDCS196 to cryopreserve red blood cells with slow cooling rates prior to storage at -80°C.
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Capicciotti, C.J. et al. Small Molecule Ice Recrystallization Inhibitors Enable Freezing of Human Red Blood Cells with Reduced Glycerol Concentrations. Sci. Rep. 5, 9692; DOI:10.1038/srep09692 (2015).
