Cell and tissue preservation and storage for transplantation. Present and future.
Historical remarks and data concerning the present status of tissue preservation and storage are presented. Even though, the need for preserved tissue allografts is still very high and tissue bank services are very popular, the opinion is expressed that the future of tissue banking may be correlated with organ and tissue engineering.
Komender
Janusz
J
Department of Transplantology & Central Tissue Bank, Center of Biostructure Research of the Medical University of Warsaw.
D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D016377:Organ Transplantation; D013234:Stem Cells; D014015:Tissue Banks / Q000639:trends*; D023822:Tissue Engineering; D014021:Tissue Preservation / Q000639:trends*