Cobe Laboratories, Inc.

Cryopharm

Credit Managers Association of California

Roger W Hackett

Raymond P Goodrich, Jr

Francoise Arnaud

Samuel O Coker

Christine M Williams

Matthew Stewart Platz

Nagender Yerram

Victoria A Wong

Johannes Derksen

Christine M Williams-Hughes

Richard F Galle

Miller Cho

Jon A Olson

Marjan Van Borssum Waalkes

A process is provided for freezing, including freeze-drying of cells, cell-membranes or cell-like materials using a cryoprotectant medium which stabilizes the cells or membranes for freezing or freeze-drying and allows for freezing or freeze-drying to be performed at -60.degree. C. or higher.

Method of freezing cells and cell-like materials

Method of detecting circulating antibody types using dried or

A compound is provided for inactivating viral, bacterial or other contamination in cells, body fluids or fractions thereof. The compound comprises a psoralen with a single substituent that is either a quaternary phosphonium or ammonium moiety, and at least one substituent that is a halogen. The compound selectively binds to the contaminant, and upon activation by irradiation, damages the contaminant.

Method of inactivation of viral and bacterial blood contaminants

A process and medium are disclosed for the lyophilization of red blood cells which comprises the use of solutions including monosaccharide hexoses and pentoses, and biocompatible amphipathic polymers to permit the reconstitution of viable red blood cells. Also disclosed are lyophilized and reconstituted erythrocyte and hemosome containing compositions.

Lyophilized and reconstituted red blood cell compositions

A lyophilization bag is provided in which a fluid, such as blood, ay be introduced, lyophilized without collapsing the bag, stored, reconstituted and distributed from the bag without intermediate transfer of the useful contents from the bag.

Blood bag for lyophilization

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Pasadena, CA, United States of America

Roger W Hackett