Microfabricated immunoisolating biocapsules

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 118-120

  Desai, Tejal A ^a,b   Chu, Wen Hwa ^a   Tu, Jay K ^a   Beattie, Gillian M ^c   Hayek, Alberto ^c   Ferrari, Mauro ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Whittier Institute for Diabetes   (United States)

^d University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocompatibility; Biohybrid organs; Immunoisolation; Islets of Langerhans; Microfabrication; Silicon

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; INSULIN; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SILICON WAFERS; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

BIOCAPSULES; IMMUNOISOLATION;

BIOMATERIALS;

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; OXYGEN; SILICON;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL ISOLATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN RELEASE; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MICROCAPSULE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; RAT; XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CAPSULES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; RATS; SILICON;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0343907137     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19980105)57:1<118::AID-BIT14>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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