“Those worst affected are those researching leukaemia, they have gathered samples from patients over as much as 30 years,” he added.
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Fucking tragic, especially since I imagine many of the patients have died.
Wild that there wasn't any sort of automated monitoring
There was, it failed.
Why wasn't there a monitor for the monitor.
For reals though, don't they usually split samples up to prevent just such an occurrence?
Ah, I missed that. Well that sucks
The front fell off
I assume there was, as modern freezers have built-in alarms, but I don't see any mention in the article.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Research samples collected over decades at a Swedish medical university were destroyed when a freezer malfunctioned during the Christmas holidays, the institute has said.
The samples were stored in tanks cooled with liquid nitrogen, at a temperature of -190C, at Karolinska Institutet (KI) in Stockholm.
Matti Sällberg, dean of KI’s southern campus, said on Monday: “It happened at possibly the absolute worst time imaginable in Sweden, just one day before Christmas Eve.”
“Those worst affected are those researching leukaemia, they have gathered samples from patients over as much as 30 years,” he added.
An internal investigation has been launched at the university and despite there being no indication of sabotage, the incident has also been reported to police.
Sällberg said: “Currently there is no indication that it was due to outside influence but the police report was done to cover all bases.”
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A -190°C liquid nitrogen tank.. how long did it take to boil off?
Freezer RAID with 3-2-1 method when?