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Parent topics
- Biology [r]: The science of life — of complex, self-organizing, information-processing systems living in the past, present or future. [e]
- Cryobiology [r]: The study of living organisms, organs, biological tissues or biological cells at low temperatures. [e]
- Cell (biology) [r]: The basic unit of life, consisting of biochemical networks enclosed by a membrane. [e]
- Metabolism [r]: The modification of chemical substances by living organisms. [e]
- Life [r]: Living systems, of which biologists seek the commonalities distinguishing them from nonliving systems. [e]
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- Alcohol [r]: A chemical compound that contains a hydroxy group (OH). [e]
- Cryopreservation [r]: A process where cells or whole tissues are preserved by cooling to low sub-zero temperatures. [e]
- Cryobank [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Cryonics [r]: Low-temperature cryopreservation of humans or other animals in the vague hope that resuscitation may eventually become possible in the future. [e]
- Death [r]: State of thermodynamic equilibrium achieved after the end of life. [e]
- Dimethyl sulfoxide [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Embryo [r]: An organism in its earliest stages of development; the process of development during this period is called embryogenesis. [e]
- Extremophile [r]: Organism living, or at least surviving, under biologically extreme conditions. [e]
- Freeze avoidance [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Freeze tolerance [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Freezing [r]: The process in which a liquid turns into a solid when freezing point is reached. [e]
- Glass transition temperature [r]: The temperature at which a glass-forming liquid transforms into a glass, which usually occurs upon rapid cooling. [e]
- Glucose [r]: A monosaccharide (or simple sugar) and an important carbohydrate in biology, used by the living cell as a source of energy and metabolic intermediate. [e]
- Homeostasis [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Ice [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Organism [r]: An individual living individual: a complex, adaptive physical system that acts a integrated unit that sustains metabolism and reproduces progeny that resemble it. [e]
- Reproductive medicine [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Stem cell [r]: Describes cells that have the potential to differentiate to new cell types; usually encompasses totipotent, pluripotent and multipotent cells. [e]
- Trehalose [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Vitrification [r]: A process of converting a material into a glass-like amorphous solid that is free from any crystalline structure, either by the quick removal or addition of heat, or by mixing with an additive. [e]
