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preserved

[pri-zurvd] / prɪˈzɜrvd /
ADJECTIVE
dried
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ADJECTIVE
smoked
Synonyms


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Progress remained slow for decades, but that began to change in 2023, when researchers at the University of Minnesota successfully transplanted a cryopreserved kidney into another rat.

From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026

Any sperm that are found are individually placed in a specialized device called a SpermVD and cryopreserved.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2022

Udalova says she has cryopreserved her mom and dog, and she has committed to being frozen after her own death, too.

From Slate • Sep. 21, 2021

Those improvements include better techniques to freeze and thaw sperm; for reasons that are unclear, breeding with cryopreserved semen is much less successful in donkeys than in horses.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 12, 2019

"I think being cryopreserved gives me a chance to be cured and woken up - even in hundreds of years' time. "I don't want to be buried underground.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2016




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