Life in the Frozen State - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0367394332 ISBN 13: 9780367394332

Publisher: Routledge, 2019

Synopsis

While it is barely 50 years since the first reliable reports of the recovery of living cells frozen to cryogenic temperatures, there has been tremendous growth in the use of cryobiology in medicine, agriculture, horticulture, forestry, and the conservation of endangered or economically important species.

As the first major text on cryobiology in the genomic era, Life in the Frozen State describes the current understanding of how living cells and complex organisms survive very low temperatures. Leading world experts combine fundamental theory and practice across a spectrum of species and applications to evaluate how cryobiology can benefit humanity. Chapters encompass disciplines ranging from mathematical modeling and biophysics, to the molecular biology of stress gene expression and the clinical banking of cells and tissues.

This book provides a unique opportunity to explore the subject in a multidisciplinary context, which has historically been the key to realizing some of the most exciting advances in low temperature research.

Features

Integrates fundamental theory and practice across a broad range of species and applications

Discusses cryobiology within a multidisciplinary context

Emphasizes how the current knowledge of cryobiology can be applied to benefit humanity through health care and conservation

About this title

About the Author

Barry J. Fuller, Nick Lane, Erica E. Benson

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367394332
• ISBN 13: 9780367394332
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 700
• Editor: Fuller Barry J., Lane Nick, Benson Erica E.