The successful transplantation of stem cells has the potential to transform regenerative
medicine approaches and open promising avenues to repair, replace, and regenerate …

Due to their particular water absorption capacity, hydrogels are the most widely used
scaffolds in biomedical studies to regenerate damaged tissue. Hydrogels can be used in …

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) using 19 F-based tracers has emerged as a promising
multi-purpose noninvasive diagnostic tool and its application requires the use of various 19 …

Transplantation of pancreatic islets has potential to offer life-long blood glucose
management in type I diabetes and severe type II diabetes without the need of exogenous …

Microencapsulation of therapeutic cells has widely advanced toward the development of
treatments for various diseases, in particular seeking the protection of cell transplants from …

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic metabolic disease. Current therapies, including islet
transplantation suffer instant blood mediated inflammatory reaction, nutrition and oxygen …

The management of vision-threatening retinal diseases remains challenging due to the lack
of an effective drug delivery system. Encapsulated cell therapy (ECT) offers a promising …

Histological evaluation of tissue-engineered products, including hydrogels for cellular
encapsulation, is a critical and invaluable tool for assessing the product across multiple …

Abstract β‐islet cell transplantation is a promising proposed treatment for type 1 diabetes
mellitus (T1DM) which can provide more physiological glucose control when compared to …

We describe step-by-step methods to label human pancreatic islet cells and murine
insulinoma cells and their subsequent transplantation into type I diabetic mouse models with …