Alginate Microcapsules for Cell Therapy : Effect of capsule composition on complement activation, cytokine secretion, and protein adsorption in a whole blood model

Encapsulation of pancreatic islets in alginate microbeads and microcapsules show great promise for the treatment of Type 1 diabetes mellitus. Significant progress has been made in developing a biocompatible capsule that allows sufficient exchange of nutrients and products with the encapsulated cells...

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Main Author: Ørning, Mathias Pontus Andreas
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for bioteknologi 2012
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-19364