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Chapter title	Alginate Microbeads for Cell and Protein Delivery
Chapter number	17
Book title	Cell Microencapsulation
Published in	Methods in molecular biology, January 2017
DOI	10.1007/978-1-4939-6364-5_17
Pubmed ID	27738939
Book ISBNs	978-1-4939-6362-1, 978-1-4939-6364-5
Authors	Sami I. Somo, Omaditya Khanna, Eric M. Brey, Somo, Sami I., Khanna, Omaditya, Brey, Eric M.
Editors	Emmanuel C. Opara
Abstract	Alginate hydrogels have been used for a broad variety of medical applications. The ability to assemble alginate gels at neutral pH and mild temperatures makes alginate a promising choice for the encapsulation and delivery of cells and proteins. This chapter covers the basics of cell encapsulation and protein delivery using two different variations of alginate microbeads, single layered and multilayer systems. The first section describes a method for encapsulating cells within alginate microbeads coated with a permselective polymer layer. The second section describes a multilayer alginate microbead system that allows simultaneous encapsulation of cells and delivery of growth factors. The primary goal of the systems described is for encapsulation of islets as a treatment for type I diabetes. However, these microbeads can be used for a broad variety of applications in tissue engineering, cell encapsulation, and regenerative medicine.

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Country	Count	As %
Unknown	34	100%

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Readers by professional status	Count	As %
Researcher	9	26%
Student > Ph. D. Student	5	15%
Student > Master	3	9%
Other	3	9%
Student > Doctoral Student	1	3%
Other	3	9%
Unknown	10	29%

Readers by discipline	Count	As %
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science	5	15%
Medicine and Dentistry	3	9%
Materials Science	2	6%
Engineering	2	6%
Chemical Engineering	2	6%
Other	8	24%
Unknown	12	35%

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