Organ-on-Ice — 3D

Vitrifying a whole organ to defeat ice — orbit the perfused organ, its cryoprotectant load and the vitrified glass matrix in real 3D space

Current Stage

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Ice Crystal Formation

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Vitrification State

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Organ Temperature

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Post-Thaw Viability

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Cooling / Rewarming Rate5×

Cryoprotectant Concentration55%

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Free water molecule

Cryoprotectant (CPA) molecule

Damaging ice crystal lattice

Vitrified amorphous glass matrix

Organ tissue cell

Nanowarming iron-oxide particle