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From: "Basie" <>
Subject: Dr. Audrey U. Smith Dead at 66 
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 23:12:24 -0400

Dr. Audrey U. Smith, a Specialist In Preserving Cells, Is Dead at 66
Dr. Audrey U. Smith, who conducted extensive research into cell preservation 
techniques as an associate of Britain's National Institute for Medical 
Research, died Wednesday in London, where she lived. She was 66 years old.

Dr. Smith, who was born in India and who studied medicine in England, 
recommended the use of glycerol to protect human red blood cells from 
freezing. Currently, the technique is used extensively in the United States 
to preserve such cells for transfusion. Her work in the development of 
techniques to protect frozen sperm cells from bulls has been credited with 
contributing to major advances in cattle breeding and animal husbandry.

At a 1958 conference on hypothermia, or low body temperatures, sponsored by 
the New York Academy of Sciences, Dr. Smith discussed an experiment in which 
monkeys refrigerated until their blood froze were revived and lived as long 
as 18 hours after being warmed to normal temperatures.

VIABILITY OF SUPERCOOLED AND FROZEN MAMMALS Audrey U. Smith

Biological effects of freezing and supercooling. By Audrey U

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