Cryobanking: the brave new world of biobanking and specimen cryopreservation

Cryobanking: the brave new world of biobanking and specimen cryopreservation Editorial (1229) Total Article Views Authors: Bluth MH Published Date June 2012 Volume 2012:1 Pages 1 - 3 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/BSAM.S29906 Received: 10 April 2012 Accepted: 11 April 2012 Published: 11 June 2012 Martin H Bluth Department of Pathology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit Medical Center, Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, MI, USA The layperson’s depiction of people preservation often conjures up nefarious iterations of Jack Finney’s 1954 novel, The Body Snatchers, or Ira Levin’s thriller, The Boys from Brazil, where maintenance of human composition is employed for perpetuation of ill repute. Recent illustrations of animal preservation-reanimation gone wrong, such as the Jurassic Park films, further echoed such concerns. In contrast, during the 1980s, the advent of cloning morphed with cryopreservation to furnish jocularity in the form of many an Arnold Schwarzenegger film (Twins, Junior). The late 1980s and early 1990s also demonstrated a greater degree of reality-based cryopreservation, public acceptance, and clinical application in the form of cord blood-banking, stem cell transplantation, and in-situ fertilization technologies, thus positively affecting both the biobanking image and human health.1 Post to: Cannotea Citeulike Del.icio.us Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Other articles by Dr Martin Bluth Characterization of overactive bladder in women in a primary care setting Peripheral blood mononuclear cell gene array profiles in female patients with involuntary bladder contractions Pharmacogenomics of drug metabolizing enzymes and transporters: implications for cancer therapy Readers of this article also read: Performance in L1 and L2 observed in Arabic-Hebrew bilingual aphasic following brain tumor: A case constitutes double dissociation Local anesthetic failure associated with inflammation: verification of the acidosis mechanism and the hypothetic participation of inflammatory peroxynitrite Evidence-based decision-making within the context of globalization: A “Why–What–How” for leaders and managers of health care organizations The cognitive basis of diglossia in Arabic: Evidence from a repetition priming study within and between languages Neurotransmitter testing of the urine: a comprehensive analysis Epigenomics in cancer management Amino acid-responsive Crohn's disease: a case study Evaluation of in-vitro antibiotic susceptibility of different morphological forms of Borrelia burgdorferi Long-term treatment of bipolar disorder with a radioelectric asymmetric conveyor Radio electric asymmetric brain stimulation in the treatment of behavioral and psychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer disease