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Urea as a preservative for frozen bone marrow cells

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A new property of urea has been found, by virtue of which it will preserve a higher percentage of bone marrow stem cells than glycerol. It is unnecessary to wash the urea from the thawed-out cells before using them for transplantation.

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  1. Laboratory of Biochemistry, Central Institute of Hematology, and Blood Transfusion, Ministry of Health of the USSR, Moscow

    N. A. Fedorov

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Translated from Byulleten' Éksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 80, No. 8, pp. 95–97, August, 1975.

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Fedorov, N.A. Urea as a preservative for frozen bone marrow cells. Bull Exp Biol Med 80, 962–964 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00789282

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