Implantable hydrogel microfiber encapsulating pancreatic beta-cells for diabetes treatment

15th International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences 2011, MicroTAS 2011

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 1248-1250

  Sugimoto, S ^a   Heo, Y J ^a   Onoe, H ^a,b   Okitsu, T ^a,b   Kotera, H ^b,c   Takeuchi, S ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell encapsulation; Diabetes treatment; Pancreatic beta cells; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CELL ENCAPSULATIONS; CELL-BASED; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC MICE; MICRO-FIBER; MICROFIBERS; PANCREATIC BETA-CELLS;

BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; GLUCOSE; HYDROGELS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CELLS;

EID: 84879422656     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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