Ice Recrystallization Inhibitors

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2026 | Ice Recrystallization Inhibitors | Articles

Very cold but still too warm; functional characterization of transient warming events in stem cell grafts

Authors: McGregor C, Saleem AM, Ghannouchi L, Morton L, Li M, Ben RN, Pineault N

Published: Cytotherapy; 2026 (Accepted 13 November 2025; published 2026)

2025 | Ice Recrystallization Inhibitors | Articles

Impact of nucleation temperature and hydroxyethyl starch on ice crystal growth: Implications for cell viability during extreme temperature fluctuations.

Authors: Acker JP, Rahman A, William N

Published: Journal of Thermal Biology

2024 | Ice Recrystallization Inhibitors | Articles

Exposure of cryopreserved red cell concentrates to real-world transient warming events has a negligible impact on quality.

Authors: Acker JP, Clarke G, Ehsani-Moghaddam B, Osmani R, Yazdanbakhsh M, Phan C, Turner TR, Olafson C, Brandon-Coatham M, Kurach J

Published: Transfusion

2024 | Ice Recrystallization Inhibitors | Articles

Ice recrystallization inhibitors enable efficient cryopreservation of induced pluripotent stem cells: A functional and transcriptomic analysis

Authors: Betsou F, Acker JP, Schwamborn JC, Mathieson W, Del Sol A, Ben RN, Turner TR, Kofanova O, Schmitt M, Okawa S, Mommaerts K

Published: Stem Cell Research

2023 | Ice Recrystallization Inhibitors | Articles

Engineered Compounds to Control Ice Nucleation and Recrystallization

Authors: Ben R, Acker JP, Mangan S, William N

Published: Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

2023 | Ice Recrystallization Inhibitors | Articles

Improved cryopreservation of human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) and iPSC derived neurons using ice-recrystallization inhibitors.

Authors: Jezierski A, Ben R, Tauskela J S, Sandhu J, Hewitt M, Aylsworth A, Baumann E, Chopra K, Huang J, lasmar S

Published: Stem Cells

2023 | Ice Recrystallization Inhibitors | Articles

Probing the Mechanism of Action of Small-Molecule Ice Recrystallization Inhibitors Using Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Relaxation.

Authors: Ben R, Bordenave N, D’Costa AS, McMunn L

Published: The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

2023 | Ice Recrystallization Inhibitors | Articles

Taking lessons from nature to improve cell therapy cryopreservation

Authors: and Acker JP, Coatham M, William N

Published: Cell and Gene Therapy Insights

2022 | Ice Recrystallization Inhibitors | Articles

First Report of Successful Laser Warming for Frozen Gonadal Tissues and Oocytes in the Domestic Cat Model

Authors: Comizzoli P, Hagedorn M, Daly J, Ben R, Acker JP, Nagashima J, Rowlison T

Published: Biopreservation and Biobanking

2021 | Ice Recrystallization Inhibitors | Articles

Investigating the Solubility and Activity of a Novel Class of Ice Recrystallization Inhibitors

Authors: Ben RN, Newell K, Ampaw AA

Published: Processes

2020 | Ice Recrystallization Inhibitors | Articles

Characterizing the ability of an ice recrystallization inhibitor to improve platelet cryopreservation.

Authors: Johnson L, Marks DC, Padula MP, Acker JP, Ben R, Waters L

Published: Cryobiology

2020 | Ice Recrystallization Inhibitors | Articles

Control of ice recrystallization in liver tissues using small molecule carbohydrate derivatives.

Authors: Acker JP, William N

Published: Cryobiology

2020 | Ice Recrystallization Inhibitors | Articles

Cryoprotectant-dependent control of intracellular ice recrystallization in hepatocytes using small molecule carbohydrate inhibitors.

Authors: Acker JP, William N

Published: Cryobiology

2020 | Ice Recrystallization Inhibitors | Articles

Inhibition of ice recrystallization during cryopreservation of cord blood grafts improves platelet engraftment.

Authors: Pineault N, Ben RN, Doxtator E, Manesia JK, Adam MK, Jahan S

Published: Transfusion

2020 | Ice Recrystallization Inhibitors | Articles

The efficacy of ice recrystallization inhibitors in rat lung cryopreservation using a low-cost technique for ex vivo subnormothermic lung perfusion

Authors: Nagendran J, Acker JP, Himmata S, Lautner L

Published: Cryobiology

2019 | Ice Recrystallization Inhibitors | Articles

Modulating intracellular ice growth with cell permeating small molecule ice recrystallization inhibitors.

Authors: Ben RN, Meyer JE, Briard JG, Acker JP, Poisson JS

Published: Langmuir

2017 | Ice Recrystallization Inhibitors | Articles

Hydroxyethyl starch supplemented with ice recrystallization inhibitors greatly improves cryopreservation of human red blood cells.

Authors: Ben R, Acker JP, Turner TR, Briard J, Poisson J

Published: BioProcessing Journal

2016 | Ice Recrystallization Inhibitors | Articles

O-Aryl-glycoside ice recrystallization inhibitors as novel cryo-protectants – A structure-function study.

Authors: Ben R, Acker JP, Inada T, Doshi M, Alteen M, Koyama T, Turner TR, Mancini R, Capicciotti C

Published: ACS Omega

2016 | Ice Recrystallization Inhibitors | Articles

QSAR accelerated discovery of potent ice recrystallization inhibitors.

Authors: Ben RN, Woo TK, De Luna P, Fernandez M, Briard JG

Published: Scientific Reports

2016 | Ice Recrystallization Inhibitors | Articles

Small molecule ice recrystallization inhibitors mitigate cellular damage during freezing, transient warming and thawing.

Authors: Ben RN, Acker JP, Turner TR, Poisson JS, Briard JG

Published: Scientific Reports

2016 | Ice Recrystallization Inhibitors | Articles

Small-molecule ice recrystallization inhibitors improve the post-thaw function of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells.

Authors: Ben RN, Pineault N, Allan D, Chandran P, Jahan S, Briard JG

Published: ACS Omega

2015 | Ice Recrystallization Inhibitors | Articles

Inhibiting gas hydrate formation using small molecule ice recrystallization inhibitors.

Authors: Ben RN, Doshi M, Capicciotti CJ, Tonelli D

Published: RSC Advances

2015 | Ice Recrystallization Inhibitors | Articles

Quantitative analysis of the efficacy and potency of novel small molecule ice recrystallization inhibitors.

Authors: Ben RN, Keillor JW, Perley-Robertson E, Capicciotti CJ, Keillor K, Abraham S

Published: Crystal Growth & Design

2015 | Ice Recrystallization Inhibitors | Articles

Small ice recrystallization inhibitors enable freezing of human red blood cells with reduced glycerol concentrations.

Authors: Ben RN, Acker JP, Mancini RS, Turner T, Tchir JDR, Capicciotti CJ

Published: Scientific Reports

2014 | Ice Recrystallization Inhibitors | Articles

Designing ice recrystallization inhibitors: From antifreeze (glyco)proteins to small molecules.

Authors: Ben RN, Briard JG, Capicciotti CJ, Balcerzak AK

Published: RSC Advances

2010 | Ice Recrystallization Inhibitors | Articles

Assessing the ability of a short-fluorinated antifreeze glycopeptide and a fluorinated carbohydrate derivative to inhibit ice recrystallization.

Authors: Ben RN, Chaytor JL

Published: Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters