An effective device for generating alginate microcapsules

An alternative approach to somatic gene therapy is to deliver the therapeutic protein by implanting genetically modified cells that could overexpress the gene of interest. Microencapsulation devices were designed to protect cells from host rejection and prevent the foreign cells from spreading while...

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Main Authors: Tatiana A.B. Bressel, Ana Helena Paz, Guilherme Baldo, Elizabeth O. Cirne Lima, Ursula Matte, Maria Luiza Saraiva-Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2008-01-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572008000100023