American CryoStem Corporation announced that Dayong Gao, Ph.D. has been appointed to the company's Medical and Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Gao is Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Washington in Seattle. Dr. Gao currently serves on the Editorial Board, as Editor-in-Chief, of six scientific journals, and is the Editor of the Cryopreservation Engineering section of Biopreservation and Biobanking.