| CPC A01N 1/0284 (2013.01) [A01N 1/0221 (2013.01); A01N 1/0252 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A method for processing a biological sample comprising cells or a derivative thereof, the method comprising:
(a) generating a first volume of the biological sample comprising cells or a derivative thereof, wherein the first volume comprises a first concentration of cells or a derivative thereof;
(b) generating a second volume of the biological sample comprising cells or a derivative thereof, wherein the second volume is less than the first volume and comprises a second concentration of the cells wherein the second concentration of the cells is no more than 30% different than the first concentration of the cells;
(c) generating a freezing curve specific for the cells;
(d) cooling the first volume at a first cooling rate, wherein the first cooling rate is generated from the freezing curve which balances damage from intracellular ice formation with damage from extracellular ice formation; and
(e) cooling the second volume at a second cooling rate, wherein the first cooling rate is generated from the freezing curve;
wherein the first cooling rate and second cooling rate are about the same and wherein a post-thaw cell proliferation rate of the cells in the first volume is no more than 30% different than a post-thaw cell proliferation rate of the cells in the second volume.
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