21st Century Medicine
21st Century Medicine (21CM) is a California cryobiological research company which has as its primary focus the development of
tissues and cells at temperatures below −100 °C through the use of vitrification
. 21CM was founded in 1993.
In 2004 21CM received a $900,000 grant from the
transplant.[1]
At the July 2005 annual conference of the Society for Cryobiology, 21st Century Medicine announced the vitrification of a rabbit kidney to −135 °C with their vitrification mixture. The kidney was successfully transplanted upon rewarming to a rabbit, the rabbit being euthanized on the 48th day for histological follow-up.[2][3]
On February 9, 2016, 21st Century Medicine won the Small Mammal Brain Preservation Prize.[4] On March 13, 2018, they won the Large Mammal Brain Preservation Prize.[5]
References
- ^ "NIH grant to be used for heart preservation research". Business Wire. October 31, 2004. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
- ^ "Plenary Session: Fundamentals of Biopreservation". CRYO 2005 Scientific Program. Society for Cryobiology. July 24, 2005. Archived from the original on 2006-08-30. Retrieved 2006-11-08.
- PMID 20046680.
After ensuring that the animal appeared capable of living indefinitely using the vitrified kidney as the sole renal support, it was euthanized for histological follow-up on day 48.
- ^ Thomson, Helen. "Mammal brain frozen and thawed out perfectly for first time". New Scientist. Retrieved 2018-12-23.
- ^ Dvorsky, George (2018-03-14). "New Brain Preservation Technique Could Be a Path to Mind Uploading". Gizmodo. Archived from the original on 2018-03-16. Retrieved 2018-12-23.
