A Low-Cost Open Source Device for Cell Microencapsulation

A Low-Cost Open Source Device for Cell Microencapsulation

Microencapsulation is a widely studied cell therapy and tissue bioengineering technique, since it is capable of creating an immune-privileged site, protecting encapsulated cells from the host immune system. Several polymers have been tested, but sodium alginate is in widespread use for cell encapsul...

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Main Authors: Miriam Salles Pereira, Liana Monteiro da Fonseca Cardoso, Tatiane Barreto da Silva, Ayla Josma Teixeira, Saul Eliahú Mizrahi, Gabriel Schonwandt Mendes Ferreira, Fabio Moyses Lins Dantas, Vinicius Cotta-de-Almeida, Luiz Anastacio Alves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-11-01
Series:Materials
Subjects:
alginate
3D printer
microencapsulation
cell transplantation
cell therapy
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/13/22/5090

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