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Cryobiology: The Study of Life and Death at Low Temperatures

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Cryobiology -- usually thought of as the study of the effects of subfreezing temperatures on biological systems -- stands at the interface between physics and biology. The physical principles of cryobiology are universal, which provides some coherence to the field, but the biosphere contains many surprises and twists, which adds endless fascination. The present very abbreviated overview is primarily directed at living systems exposed to temperatures below zero degrees Celsius, but it should be printed out that the cryobiology tent covers all branches of low-temperature biology, including the effects of temperatures above freezing. Technically, cryobiology is actually the study of living systems at any temperature below the standard physiological range. This includes, for example, human hypothermia (both deliberate and accidental) and even natural hibernation, which is a physiological modification of sleep that has allowed the physiological temperature range to be stretched to includ

Cryobiology: The Study of Life and Death at Low Temperatures K.A.M. Normal K.A.M. 10 7 2001-04-30T01:32:00Z 2001-04-30T01:54:00Z 4 2651 15116 125 30 18563 9.2720 85 4.5 pt 2 2 Cryobiology: The Study of Life and Death at Low Temperatures by Gregory M. Fahy, PhD Cryobiology -- usually thought of as the study of the effects of subfreezing temperatures on biological systems -- stands at the interface between physics and biology. � The physical principles of cryobiology are universal, which provides some coherence to the field, but the biosphere contains many surprises and twists, which adds endles

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