Microencapsulation of Pancreatic Islets : A Non-Vascularised Transplantation Model
Transplantation of pancreatic islets is a potential treatment of type 1 diabetes that aims to restore normal blood glucose control. By encapsulating the islets in alginate, they can be protected from rejection. The aim of this thesis was to study the biology of encapsulated islets and to use the tec...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för medicinsk cellbiologi
2008
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-9369 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-554-7338-9 |