Mechanical and transport properties of 3-dimensional alginate hydrogels for cell encapsulation

Three-dimensional (3D) cell culture employing encapsulation technologies represents the most advantageous method both to engineer tissue outside the body and to serve as a platform for understanding and manipulating fundamental biological phenomena on the bench top. However, uncertainty and unpredic...

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Main Author: Stoppel, Whitney L
Language:ENG
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2014
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3615452