Vitrified Mouse Brains Show Signs of Life After Thaw
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German researchers demonstrated vitrification-based cryopreservation of mouse brains, preserving tissue structure and neuronal activity enough for near-normal electrical responses and hippocampal long-term potentiation after thawing; whole brains were kept in a glass-like state at -140°C for up to eight days, yet linking preserved activity to memories and translating the approach to larger organs or human brains remains uncertain and technically challenging.
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