High-fidelity long-term storage of biological material

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PATENT NO 12250944
APP PUB NO 20200337299A1
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16757013

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The present invention relates to the long-term preservation of biological material. More specifically, it concerns a preservation container comprising:

    a biological container for containing biological material,a first shield configured for absorbing gamma-rays,a second shield configured for absorbing ambient neutrons, said second shield surrounding the biological container, the preservation container being of low-radioactivity background materials,and a method for preserving a biological material, comprising: a) providing a biological material in a confinement container,b) providing the preservation container of the invention,c) placing the confinement container containing the biological material into said preservation container,d) storing said preservation container containing the biological material in a room located under a material attenuating cosmic rays and induced particles, said material having a thickness equivalent to 1 m to 7000 m of water, for attenuating cosmic rays.

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  • CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS); INSTITUT PASTEUR; UNIVERSITÉ PARIS CITÉ; GROUPE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE PARIS—PSYCHIATRIE ET NEUROSCIENCES

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chapellier, Maurice Gif-sur-Yvette, FR 1 0
Chretien, Fabrice Paris, FR 6 21
Piquemal, Fabrice Le Barp, FR 1 0
Rocheteau, Pierre Paris, FR 8 5
Warot, Guillaume Modane, FR 1 0
Zampaolo, Michel Saint Ismier, FR 1 0

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