Definition of cryopreservation
:preservation (as of cells) by subjection to extremely low temperatures
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But there, tucked among other marine biology offices on the 28-acre Coconut Island in Hawaii’s Kāneʻohe Bay, Hagedorn and colleagues are working on a science-fiction solution: cryopreservation.
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Still, developing cryopreservation techniques that work on reef species has proved tricky.
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Right now, cryopreservation is tough, for the same reason that previously frozen meat doesn't taste as good as fresh stuff: Ice crystals.
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First Known Use of cryopreservation
1965
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