title: Long-term storage of blood in liquid nitrogen, and the response of the recovered red cells to haemagglutination by viruses.
abstract: Human and chicken blood were snap-frozen as droplets in liquid ntirogen. Storage in the vapour phase liquid nitrogen container for nine months followed by rapid thawing resulted in approximately 10% haemolysis of the red cells. The ability of the thawed red cells to haemagglutinate viruses was unimpaired by the manipulations.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001793:Blood Preservation / Q000379:methods*; D002645:Chickens; D005615:Freezing; D006387:Hemagglutination, Viral; D006461:Hemolysis; D006801:Humans; D009584:Nitrogen; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D009584:Nitrogen