Humana Press eBooks · 1984 · 13 citations · 2 references
EngineeringBioengineeringBiotechnologyBiocompatibilityBiomaterialsDrug DeliveryCell EncapsulationDrug EncapsulationHydrogelsPancreas TransplantationPolymer MembranesPolymeric Carrier SystemsBiocompatibility Of Encapsulation MaterialsBiocompatible Encapsulation MaterialsCell Encapsulation MaterialsCell-encapsulating MaterialsDevice EncapsulationIslet Cell EncapsulationMammalian Cell EncapsulationPolymeric Microcapsules
Live mammalian cells have been encapsulated in water insoluble polyacrylates with the ultimate objective of transplantation of micro-encapsulated pancreatic islets for the treatment of insulin-dependent diabetes. Water-insoluble capsule membranes have the potential to be more biocompatible than the water soluble components used by others (1).
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Microencapsulated Islets as Bioartificial Endocrine Pancreas
Franklin Lim, Anthony M. Sun · Science · 1980 · 2.4K citations