[HTML][HTML] Solid implantable devices for sustained drug delivery

E Magill, S Demartis, E Gavini, AD Permana… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Implantable drug delivery systems (IDDS) are an attractive alternative to conventional drug
administration routes. Oral and injectable drug administration are the most common routes …

Hydrogels in emerging technologies for type 1 diabetes

S Fuchs, AU Ernst, LH Wang, K Shariati… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Type 1 diabetes therapies that afford tighter glycemic control in a more manageable and
painless manner for patients has remained a central focus of next-generation diabetes …

Hyaluronic acid methacrylate/pancreatic extracellular matrix as a potential 3D printing bioink for constructing islet organoids

D Wang, Y Guo, J Zhu, F Liu, Y Xue, Y Huang, B Zhu… - Acta biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Islet transplantation has poor long-term efficacy because of the lack of extracellular matrix
support and neovascularization; this limits its wide application in diabetes research. In this …

A retrievable implant for the long-term encapsulation and survival of therapeutic xenogeneic cells

S Bose, LR Volpatti, D Thiono, V Yesilyurt… - Nature biomedical …, 2020 - nature.com
The long-term function of transplanted therapeutic cells typically requires systemic immune
suppression. Here, we show that a retrievable implant comprising a silicone reservoir and a …

Advanced strategies to thwart foreign body response to implantable devices

S Capuani, G Malgir, CYX Chua… - Bioengineering & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Mitigating the foreign body response (FBR) to implantable medical devices (IMDs) is critical
for successful long‐term clinical deployment. The FBR is an inevitable immunological …

Recent advances in bio-orthogonal and dynamic crosslinking of biomimetic hydrogels

MR Arkenberg, HD Nguyen, CC Lin - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, dynamic,'click'hydrogels have been applied in numerous biomedical
applications. Owing to the mild, cytocompatible, and highly specific reaction kinetics, a …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing longevity of immunoisolated pancreatic islet grafts by modifying both the intracapsular and extracapsular environment

T Qin, AM Smink, P de Vos - Acta Biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is a chronic metabolic disease characterized by
autoimmune destruction of pancreatic β cells. Transplantation of immunoisolated pancreatic …

An inverse-breathing encapsulation system for cell delivery

LH Wang, AU Ernst, JA Flanders, W Liu, X Wang… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Cell encapsulation represents a promising therapeutic strategy for many hormone-deficient
diseases such as type 1 diabetes (T1D). However, adequate oxygenation of the …

[HTML][HTML] A predictive computational platform for optimizing the design of bioartificial pancreas devices

AU Ernst, LH Wang, SC Worland… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The delivery of encapsulated islets or stem cell-derived insulin-producing cells (ie,
bioartificial pancreas devices) may achieve a functional cure for type 1 diabetes, but their …

[HTML][HTML] Type 1 diabetes and engineering enhanced islet transplantation

A Jeyagaran, C Lu, A Zbinden, AL Birkenfeld… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
The development of new therapeutic approaches to treat type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D)
relies on the precise understanding and deciphering of insulin-secreting β-cell biology, as …