A bioinspired scaffold for rapid oxygenation of cell encapsulation systems

Cell encapsulation into biomaterials for transplantation is currently limited by inadequate oxygenation. Here the authors present a biomimetic scaffold featuring internal continuous air channels endowed with 10,000-fold higher O2 diffusivity than hydrogels and demonstrate correction of diabetes in i...

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Main Authors: Long-Hai Wang, Alexander Ulrich Ernst, Duo An, Ashim Kumar Datta, Boris Epel, Mrignayani Kotecha, Minglin Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26126-w