Challenges and recent progress in oral drug delivery systems for biopharmaceuticals

B Homayun, X Lin, HJ Choi - Pharmaceutics, 2019 - mdpi.com
Routes of drug administration and the corresponding physicochemical characteristics of a
given route play significant roles in therapeutic efficacy and short term/long term biological …

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 …

Synthetic polymers for organ 3D printing

F Liu, X Wang - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
Three-dimensional (3D) printing, known as the most promising approach for bioartificial
organ manufacturing, has provided unprecedented versatility in delivering multi-functional …

Microcapsule production by droplet microfluidics: a review from the material science approach

M Duran, A Serrano, A Nikulin, JL Dauvergne… - Materials & Design, 2022 - Elsevier
In the last two decades, microfluidics has emerged as a powerful tool of high precision and
versatility, mainly applied to biomedicine. As a result of its strengths, the literature …

Alginate microgels as delivery vehicles for cell-based therapies in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

M Xu, M Qin, Y Cheng, X Niu, J Kong, X Zhang… - Carbohydrate …, 2021 - Elsevier
Conventional stem cell delivery typically utilize administration of directly injection of
allogenic cells or domesticated autogenic cells. It may lead to immune clearance of these …

Generation and manipulation of hydrogel microcapsules by droplet-based microfluidics for mammalian cell culture

H Huang, Y Yu, Y Hu, X He, OB Usta, ML Yarmush - Lab on a Chip, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Hydrogel microcapsules provide miniaturized and biocompatible niches for three-
dimensional (3D) in vitro cell culture. They can be easily generated by droplet-based …

Microfluidic technology for the generation of cell spheroids and their applications

RK Vadivelu, H Kamble, MJA Shiddiky, NT Nguyen - Micromachines, 2017 - mdpi.com
A three-dimensional (3D) tissue model has significant advantages over the conventional two-
dimensional (2D) model. A 3D model mimics the relevant in-vivo physiological conditions …

Microfluidics for cryopreservation

G Zhao, J Fu - Biotechnology advances, 2017 - Elsevier
Cryopreservation has utility in clinical and scientific research but implementation is highly
complex and includes labor-intensive cell-specific protocols for the addition/removal of …

Microfluidic and cross-linking methods for encapsulation of living cells and bacteria-A review

T Alkayyali, T Cameron, B Haltli, RG Kerr… - Analytica Chimica Acta, 2019 - Elsevier
Microencapsulation of living cells is a field that has been heavily investigated by many
researchers over the past two decades. Numerous experimental setups have been …

Evolution of islet transplantation for the last 30 years

AC Farney, DER Sutherland, EC Opara - Pancreas, 2016 - journals.lww.com
In this article, we will review the changes that have occurred in islet transplantation at the
birth of Pancreas 30 years ago. The first attempts at β-cell replacement in humans, pancreas …