Ice-tech could end organ shortage

Currently it is not possible to freeze organs in order to preserve them for later transplant. Now researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have studied ice-binding “antifreeze proteins” that protect frozen cells from expansion damage when they thaw out.

http://www.timesofisrael.com/hebrew-u-ice-tech-could-end-organ-transplant-shortage/

http://new.huji.ac.il/en/article/29485

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