A scalable microfluidic device for the mass production of microencapsulated islets

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3184-3187

  Tendulkar, S ^a   McQuilling, J P ^c   Childers, C ^c   Pareta, R ^c   Opara, E C ^c   Ramasubramanian, M K ^a,b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGENASE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL ISOLATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; INSULIN RELEASE; MEASUREMENT; MICROENCAPSULATION; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RAT; STEADY STATE; STEREOLITHOGRAPHY;

ALGINATES; ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SURVIVAL; COLLAGENASES; DRUG COMPOUNDING; GLUCOSE; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSPHERES; PANCREAS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 81455132363     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: 18732623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2011.10.023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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