Osmotic pressure test: A simple, quantitative method to assess the mechanical stability of alginate microcapsules

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 264-271

  Van Raamsdonk, J M ^a   Chang, P L ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gene therapy; Immunoisolation; Poly L lysine; Recombinant cell; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; OSMOSIS; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; POLYESTERS; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

ALGINATE;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

ALGINIC ACID; BARIUM ION; HYPOTONIC SOLUTION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; GENE THERAPY; IMPLANT; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROCAPSULE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; QUALITY CONTROL;

ALGINATES; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CAPSULES; DOGS; DRUG IMPLANTS; DRUG STABILITY; HYPOTONIC SOLUTIONS; MICE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; POLYLYSINE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0035255307     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4636(200102)54:2<264::AID-JBM14>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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