The swelling behavior of the structural material of cell‐enclosing capsules is a key factor for
the successful transplantation of these capsules in the treatment of diseases. The present …

Transplantation of encapsulated living cells is a promising approach for the treatment of a
wide variety of diseases. Large‐scale application of the technique, however, is hampered by …

Grafting of encapsulated living cells has the potential to cure a wide variety of diseases.
Large‐scale application of the technique, however, is hampered by insufficient …

Alginate is widely used for encapsulation of cells. Alginate is a linear block copolymer
consisting of mannuronic acid (M) and guluronic acid (G). It has been shown that enzymes …

An alternative form of gene therapy using recombinant cell lines delivering therapeutic
products encapsulated in alginate hydrogel has proven effective in treating many murine …

The present article investigates the substitution of poly‐l‐lysine by two different
oligochitosans as membrane‐coating capsule, and its effect on different functionality …

A new capsule for the encapsulation and transplantation of pancreatic islets has been
developed. Five active ingredients are involved in the capsule formation process: high …

Calcium alginate/poly-l-lysine beads were coated with either 50% hydrolyzed poly (methyl
vinyl ether–alt–maleic anhydride)(PMM 50), or with poly (vinyl dimethyl azlactone-co …

Microencapsulation of recombinant “universal” cells with immunoprotective membranes is
an alternate approach to somatic gene therapy. Therapeutic gene products secreted by …

Abstract Alginate/poly‐l‐lysine (PLL)/alginate capsules are used widely for the
microencapsulation of cells. Alginate consists of guluronic acid and mannuronic acid, the …