Generation of alginate microspheres for biomedical applications

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 66, 2012, Pages

  Khanna, Omaditya ^a   Larson, Jeffery C ^a   Moya, Monica L ^b   Opara, Emmanuel C ^c   Brey, Eric M ^a,d  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alginate; Angiogenesis; Bioengineering; Biomedical engineering; Chemical engineering; Encapsulation; Fgf 1; Issue 66; Medicine; Molecular biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868295275     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3388     Document Type: Article

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