Deterministic encapsulation of single cells in thin tunable microgels for niche modelling and therapeutic delivery

Nature Materials

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 236-243

  Mao, Angelo S ^a,b   Shin, Jae Won ^a,b,c   Utech, Stefanie ^b   Wang, Huanan ^b,d   Uzun, Oktay ^a,b   Li, Weiwei ^a,b   Cooper, Madeline ^b   Hu, Yuebi ^b   Zhang, Liyuan ^b   Weitz, David A ^a,b   Mooney, David J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^d DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ENCAPSULATION; GELS; HYDROGELS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ENCAPSULATED CELL; ENCAPSULATION EFFICIENCY; INTRAVENOUS INJECTIONS; MARROW STROMAL CELL; MICROFLUIDIC-BASED; OSTEOGENIC DIFFERENTIATION; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; THERAPEUTIC DELIVERY;

CELL ENGINEERING;

ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STEM CELL; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; HYDROGELS; MICE; STEM CELL NICHE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84992730361     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat4781     Document Type: Article

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