Microfabricated Biocapsules Provide Short-Term Immunoisolation of Insulinoma Xenografts

Biomedical Microdevices

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-138

  Desai, Tejal A ^a   Chu, Wen Hwa ^b   Rasi, Guido ^c,d   Sinibaldi Vallebona, Paola ^c,d   Guarino, Enrico ^c,d   Ferrari, Mauro ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Istituto di Medicina Sperimentale   (Italy)

^d Istituto di Medicina Sperimentale   (Italy)

Author keywords

BioMEMS; Immunoisolation; Insulinoma; Microfabricated biocapsule

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001570323     PISSN: 13872176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009948524686     Document Type: Article

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