Development, Characterization, and Assessment of a Tissue-Engineered Prevascularized Pancreatic Islet Encapsulation Device
Islet transplantation for the purpose of treating insulin-dependent diabetes is currently limited by several factors, most significantly, islet survival post transplantation. In the following dissertation, a tissue-engineered prevascularized pancreatic encapsulating device (PPED) was designed, deve...
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The University of Arizona.
2008
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/196072 |