In vivo biostability of a polymeric hollow fibre membrane for cell encapsulation

Biomaterials

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 285-290

  Shoichet, Molly S ^a,b   Rein, David H ^a  

^a CytoTherapeutics Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Biostability; Biotechnology; Membrane

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLS; CHARACTERIZATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VINYL RESINS;

BIOSTABILITY; CELL ENCAPSULATION; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT CUT-OFF; POLYACRYLONITRILE COVINYL CHLORIDE; POLYMERIC HOLLOW FIBRE MEMBRANE; RAT PERITONEAL CAVITY; STUDENT T-TEST;

POLYMERIC MEMBRANES;

VINYL CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; ENCAPSULATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME;

EID: 0030088021     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0142-9612(96)85566-9     Document Type: Article

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