Medical Definition of Dimethyl sulphoxide
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A substance with the formula (CH3)2SO that is used as a cryoprotectant to protect cultured animal cells from the damaging effects of cryopreservation (storage by freezing). It is also used in transfection to increase the chances that the target eukaryotic cells will actually pick up, incorporate and express the DNA.
(09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dimethyl Sulphoxide
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