Cryobiology Innovators

 What's Happening in Cryobiology?

While many procedures done through Cryobiology have not yet been perfected or fully accepted in the world of Biotechnology, some services help in everyday procedures such as the removal of small lesions, while others assist in the curing of cancers. One of the largest companies in this field is Cryo-Cell international, Inc. This company has grouped with Cryopraxis Cryobiology Ltd, a Brazilian based group, to cure an often over looked disease among American women. This is Endometriosis, a condition of the uterus which causes the lining to grow on the outside. The connection of these two groups will allow the techniques and equipment to be shared and advanced upon as they investigate a noninvasive way to diagnose and treat this disease. This is just one way the Cryobiology field is expanding into new terrains of research and surgery. (7)

The Society for Cryobiology is a leading society in the field of Cryobiology. This society makes information on cryonic breakthroughs and research known to the public; it is also the Society’s duty to motivate the research of Cryobiology and promote its procedures. A similar society, The Society For Low Temperature Biology, is also known for their persistence in continuing the study and progress of Cryobiology. With the advocacy of these societies, both founded in 1964, and their continued service, the potential of Cryobiology has been made well known (23).

Cryobiology has made advances that make products and services available for the public. The most well known product and service of Cryobiology is the freezing and storing of sperm. Cryobiology has made sperm banks and donations a major source and service of their research.(8) Cryobiology is also making advances to save lives through saving umbilical cord blood through freezing which will ultimately help to cure diseases such as leukemia, cancer, and tumors.  A lead cryobiologist who has assisted in the funding and science behind this research is Dayong Gao. Through many trials and proposals he has earned the funding of the NIH and many others in order to execute research in freezing cord blood and platelets (8).