Cells Alive System

The Cells Alive System (CAS) is a line of commercial freezers manufactured by ABI Corporation, Ltd. of Chiba, Japan claimed to preserve food with greater freshness than ordinary freezing by using electromagnetic fields and mechanical vibrations to limit ice crystal formation that destroys food texture. They also are claimed to increase tissue survival without having its water replaced by cryogenically compatible fluids; whether they have any effect is unclear.{{cite journal|last=Wowk|first=B|title=Electric and magnetic fields in cryopreservation.|journal=Cryobiology|date=Jun 2012|volume=64|issue=3|pages=301–3; author reply 304–5|pmid=22330639|doi=10.1016/j.cryobiol.2012.02.003|url=https://zenodo.org/record/898736}}{{Cite journal|last1=Kobayashi|first1=Atsuko|last2=Kirschvink|first2=Joseph L.|date=2014-04-01|title=A ferromagnetic model for the action of electric and magnetic fields in cryopreservation|journal=Cryobiology|language=en|volume=68|issue=2|pages=163–165|doi=10.1016/j.cryobiol.2013.12.002|pmid=24333152|issn=0011-2240|doi-access=free}} The freezers have attracted attention from the food processing industry.{{cite journal |last1=Cheng |first1=Lina |last2=Sun |first2=Da-Wen |last3=Zhu |first3=Zhiwei |last4=Zhang |first4=Zi |title=Emerging techniques for assisting and accelerating food freezing processes: A review of recent research progresses |journal=Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition |date=2017 |volume=57 |issue=4 |pages=769–781 |doi=10.1080/10408398.2015.1004569 |pmid=26115177 |s2cid=19803416 }}