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For the first time, using cryopreservation to freeze sea urchin embryos may help restore coral reefs
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For the first time, using cryopreservation to freeze sea urchin embryos may help restore coral reefs
Hawai‘i researchers have successfully grown a tropical sea urchin from a cryopreserved embryo — a promising first for ocean science. University of Hawaiʻi graduate student Charley Westbrook spearheaded the project. He created a bank of cryopreserved urchin embryos, then thawed the specimens months later.