X-Message-Number: 6433
Date: 03 Jul 96 06:44:39 EDT
From: DOLINOFF <>
Subject: PRETORIA Rat hearts : new information by A. DOLINOFF

Referring
to the information posted by Dirk du Plessis # 5674 Jan 1996, stating that

VISSER's article on rat heart cryopreservation was rejected by CRYOBIOLOGY seems
to be incorrect.
The LONDON SUNDAY TIMES of 19th May 1996 (page 15,
main section, by Lois Rogers, medical correspondant) confirms after speaking to
David PEGG, Editor of CRYOBIOLOGY, that VISSER's article is due to be published
later this year.

I have
managed to locate Mrs Olga VISSER, who confirmed that the article was never
rejected, as stated by du Plessis, but had been returned for additional
information in February and again in June this year.
Mrs Olga VISSER informed me that to date she has
successfully frozen/thawed 45 rats to 77 KELVINS (minus 196 deg C) with her
technique.
Hopefully, we shall see publication of this article
in the near future ! 
Why is CRYOBIOLOGY retarding publication of such an
important breakthrough ?

Mrs Olga
VISSER has given me permission to post her contact address on CRYONET for any
technical queries, but will not identify her cryoprotectant before publication,

as she has applied for patent protections on it as well as her technique.    Her
address is :
                                   
                                Michelle Olga VISSER
                                tel : 027-12-3310701
                                E-Mail :  

Kind regards :

    Anatole


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