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A Bayesian approach to optimizing cryopreservation protocols.
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- Recent Advances in Cryopreservation of Animal Genetic Resources: Principles, Influencing Factors, and Material-Specific Challenges.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Review
- Microbial biobanking: safeguarding the tiny treasures for sustainable human welfare.Folia microbiologica · 2026Review
- Bridging the Gap in Cryopreservation: A Review of Cryoprotectant Innovation and Global Market Trends.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Comparison of the biological characteristics of glioblastoma tumorspheres obtained from fresh and cryopreserved glioblastoma tissues.Journal of neuro-oncology · 2025Article
- Extender development for optimal cryopreservation of buck sperm to increase reproductive efficiency of goats.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Review
- Testicular Tissue Vitrification: a Promising Strategy for Male Fertility Preservation.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2023Review
- Impact of cryopreservation on viability, gene expression and function of enteric nervous system derived neurospheres.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2023Article
- Cryopreservation: A Review Article.Cureus · 2022Review
- Cryopreservation method for spheroids and fabrication of scaffold-free tubular constructs.PloS one · 2020Article
- Biobanking in health care: evolution and future directions.Journal of translational medicine · 2019Review
- Cryopreservation and its clinical applications.Integrative medicine research · 2017Review
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Abstract
Cryopreservation is beset with the challenge of protocol alignment across a wide range of cell types and process variables. By taking a cross-sectional assessment of previously published cryopreservation data (sample means and standard errors) as preliminary meta-data, a decision tree learning analysis (DTLA) was performed to develop an understanding of target survival using optimized pruning methods based on different approaches. Briefly, a clear direction on the decision process for selection of methods was developed with key choices being the cooling rate, plunge temperature on the one hand and biomaterial choice, use of composites (sugars and proteins as additional constituents), loading procedure and cell location in 3D scaffolding on the other. Secondly, using machine learning and generalized approaches via the Naïve Bayes Classification (NBC) method, these metadata were used to develop posterior probabilities for combinatorial approaches that were implicitly recorded in the metadata. These latter results showed that newer protocol choices developed using probability elicitation techniques can unearth improved protocols consistent with multiple unidimensionally-optimized physical protocols. In conclusion, this article proposes the use of DTLA models and subsequently NBC for the improvement of modern cryopreservation techniques through an integrative approach.
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