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cry·o·bank

 (krī′ə-băngk′)
n.
A place of storage that uses very low temperatures to preserve semen or transplantable tissues.
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cryobank

(ˈkraɪəˌbæŋk)
n
(Biology) a facility for storing living tissue, such as sperm, embryos, cells, etc, at a low temperature
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Reno, NV, May 19, 2019 --(PR.com)-- ReproTech, Ltd., a cryobank specializing in long-term storage of human reproductive tissue (sperm, eggs, embryos and ovarian and testicular tissue), was proud to sponsor the entire staff of the ReproTech Nevada office who participated in Moms on the Run, a fitness organization that raises money to assist women who are battling breast or gynecological cancers.
Jessica, 42, recalled her first "encounter" with him, when he was known to her as Donor 2008 at a US cryobank. She and her then-partner sought qualities they shared.
The study, published in August 2018, was funded by CBR, California Cryobank company.
The study was published in August 2018 by the Journal of Audiology and Otology, and institutional funding was provided solely by CBR, a California Cryobank company.
M2 EQUITYBITES-August 22, 2018-Golub Capital supports GI Partners' acquisition of Cryobank, Cord Blood Registry with USD 450m in financing
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US-based private equity investment firm GI Partners has closed the acquisition of US-based donor sperm and donor egg bank California Cryobank from healthcare investors Longitude Capital and NovaQuest Capital, the firm said.
LOS ANGELES: California Cryobank signed a definitive agreement for GI Partners, a private equity investment firm, to acquire the company from leading healthcare investors Longitude Capital and NovaQuest Capital.
California Cryobank, the world's leading donor sperm and donor egg bank, announced that it has signed a definitive agreement for GI Partners, a private equity investment firm, to acquire the company from leading healthcare investors Longitude Capital and NovaQuest Capital.
"[O]ne day I was walking up my apartment stairs, flipping through my mail, when I came across a thin envelope with the cryobank's logo," she writes.