What are some of the limitations of Cryopreservation?
Over the past few years, cryopreservation has surely transformed our concept on biological material preservation. Whether its embryos, sperm, eggs, stem cells, or even whole tissues, the ability to freeze and save them for future use has created amazing possibilities in medicine, industry, and biodiversity protection. Like any revolutionary technology, cryopreservation does, however, have certain challenges and constraints that we must recognise and deal with. Let's investigate some of these constraints in the coming post. Cryopreservation and Its application Basically, Cryopreservation is a method whereby cells, tissues, or any biological construction is frozen to very low temperatures, usually below −150°C, so stopping biological processes. This lets the material stay viable for years, sometimes decades, free from breakdown. Today, cryopreservation—more especially, the cryopreservation of embryos—is one of the most often used technique in fertility treatments. Many times, coupl...