X-Message-Number: 1978 Newsgroups: sci.cryonics From: (Christopher Kashina Patil) Subject: Antifreeze proteins Message-ID: <> Date: Wed, 17 Mar 93 00:59:31 GMT Recently I've read about so-called "antifreeze" proteins found in the blood of antarctic and sub-antarctic fishes. Apparently these proteins have moieties that bind the surfaces of ice crystals and prevent the growth of the crystals. There are a lot of threads in this group about the difficulties of freezing big animals due to ice-crystal-caused cell damage. Have any efforts been made to anyone's knowledge of exploring the effects of antifreeze proteins (either exogenous or endogenous, as in a transgenic animal) on facility of freezing a higher vertebrate? -- =============================================================================== Chris Patil Stanford University Department of Biological Sciences Stanford, CA 94305 Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=1978