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From: Kennita Watson <>
Subject: Re: Mouse Sperm Cryopreservation Breakthrough
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:05:36 -0700

> From: 
> Subject: Mouse Sperm Cryopreservation Breakthrough
>
> [IMHO, a similar improvement in vitrification solutions could very
> well make whole organ cryopreservation a reality.]

How about vitrifying a C. elegans?
>
> Scientists Announce Mouse Sperm Cryopreservation Breakthrough
>
> ScienceDaily (July 30, 2008) - A team of Jackson Laboratory  
> scientists have
> figured out a simple, cost-effective process to freeze mouse sperm  
> and get
> it to achieve high fertilization rates with mouse eggs. The  
> breakthrough
> will greatly reduce the cost of developing and distributing new  
> mouse models
> of human disease.
> ...

Live long and prosper,
Kennita

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