Whole Ovary Cryopreservation Applying Supercooling under Magnetic Field Mechanical engineering* Organ cryopreservation* Reproductive technique

Toyotaro Niino; Takashi Nakagawa; Shuhei Noguchi; Ikuma Sato; Tatsuro Kawai; Hiromasa Yamashita; Ken Masamune; Takeyoshi Dohi; Makoto Mihara

doi:10.5108/acsc.5.14

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Whole Ovary Cryopreservation Applying Supercooling under Magnetic Field

Mechanical engineering* Organ cryopreservation* Reproductive technique

Toyotaro Niino, Takashi Nakagawa, Shuhei Noguchi, Ikuma Sato, Tatsuro Kawai, Hiromasa Yamashita, Ken Masamune, Takeyoshi Dohi, Makoto Mihara

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Toyotaro Niino
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Takashi Nakagawa
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan
Shuhei Noguchi
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The University of Tokyo Hospital, Japan
Ikuma Sato
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Tatsuro Kawai
Transplantation Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, USA
Hiromasa Yamashita
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Ken Masamune
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Takeyoshi Dohi
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Makoto Mihara
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Keywords: Ovarian cryopreservation, Supercooling, Variable Magnetic field, Mechanical engineering

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2012 Volume 5 Issue 1 Pages 14-20

DOI https://doi.org/10.5108/acsc.5.14

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Abstract

Chemotherapy and radiotherapy are performed for the treatment of cancer in children, especially leukemia. But, the side effects of these tr eatments are a problem of continuing concern, and improving the patient's quality of life (QOL) following successful treatment remains a challenge. Especially with radiation therapy, disorders of reproductive function are considerable, and cases of inferti lity are extremely high. Currently, research on the cryopreservation of ovarian tissue i s being energetically pursued, but because of factors such as reduction in number of egg cells and physical disruption due to tissue fragmentation, the successful fertiliz ation rate of the thawed ovum has been extremely low. Accordingly, cryopreservation of t he ovaries as an entire organ has been attempted, but this has yielded little success. This study focused on a method for cryopreservation through the application of sup ercooling under a variable magnetic field, and the development of a freezing syste m allowing for an arbitrary change in frequency of magnetic field applied to the specimen. To confirm the interrelation between a variable magnetic field and supercooling, physiological saline solution was frozen under a variable magnetic field, and the pro gress and stabilization of supercooling was verified for magnetic field frequencies from 200 to 200 kHz. Additionally, ovaries were frozen under magnetic field, and histological assessment of the tissue was performed.

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