Initially used extensively as an additive and ingredient in the food industry, alginate has
become an important compound for a wide range of industries and applications, such as the …

Alginates are natural polysaccharides widely participating in food, pharmaceutical, and
environmental applications due to their excellent gelling capacity. Their excellent …

Macroencapsulation has been widely used in cell therapy due to its capability to provide
immune-privileged sites for implanted allogeneic or xenogeneic cells. Macroencapsulation …

Islet transplantation provides a promising strategy in treating type 1 diabetes as an
autoimmune disease, in which damaged β-cells are replaced with new islets in a minimally …

Polymers are chemical substances that have substantially impacted the advancement of
engineering and medicine in daily life. Alginates are natural polysaccharide polymers …

In this study using a discordant, xenogeneic, transplant model we demonstrate the
functionality and safety of the first stent-based bioartificial pancreas (BAP) device implanted …

Objectives: 1) Develop a novel construct of human periodontal ligament stem cells
(hPDLSCs) encapsulated in degradable alginate microbeads (DAMB) with human platelet …