Engineering Challenges in Tissue Preservation

Chemical Compounds

• Cryoprotective 100%
• Chemical Agent 73%
• Preservation Technique 71%
• Hypothermic 50%
• Cryopreservation 45%
• Vitrification 39%
• Heat Transfer 31%
• Organ Preservation 28%
• Cryogenics 16%
• Freeze Drying 16%
• Cooling 13%
• Mass Transfer 12%
• Time 10%

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Tissue Preservation 83%
• Cryoprotective Agents 56%
• Vitrification 23%
• Cryopreservation 19%
• Hot Temperature 19%
• Freezing 17%
• Biophysics 11%
• Organ Preservation 11%
• Tissue Transplantation 11%
• Freeze Drying 10%
• Ice 10%
• Extracellular Space 9%
• Temperature 6%
• Surgeons 6%
• Wounds and Injuries 4%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Tissue 50%
• Vitrification 16%
• Freezing 11%
• Biophysics 8%
• Heat transfer 7%
• Thawing 7%
• Banking 6%
• Cryogenics 5%
• Unloading 5%
• Ice 5%
• Drying 5%
• Thermodynamic properties 4%
• Mass transfer 4%
• Availability 3%
• Cooling 3%
• Mechanical properties 3%
• Temperature 2%