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| Chapter title |
Microencapsulation of pancreatic islets for use in a bioartificial pancreas.
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|---|---|
| Chapter number | 21 |
| Book title |
Organ Regeneration
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| Published in |
Methods in molecular biology, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.1007/978-1-62703-363-3_21 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Book ISBNs |
978-1-62703-362-6, 978-1-62703-363-3
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| Authors |
Emmanuel C. Opara, John P. McQuilling, Alan C. Farney |
| Abstract |
Islet transplantation is the most exciting treatment option for individuals afflicted with Type 1 diabetes. However, the severe shortage of human pancreas and the need to use risky immunosuppressive drugs to prevent transplant rejection remain two major obstacles for the routine use of islet transplantation in diabetic patients. Successful development of a bioartificial pancreas using the approach of microencapsulation with perm-selective coating of islets with biopolymers for graft immunoisolation holds tremendous promise for diabetic patients because it has great potential to overcome these two barriers. In this chapter, we provide a detailed description of the microencapsulation process. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Italy | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 46 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 6 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 8% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 4 | 8% |
| Other | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 9 | 19% |
| Unknown | 17 | 35% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering | 6 | 13% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 10% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 10% |
| Chemical Engineering | 2 | 4% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 9 | 19% |
| Unknown | 19 | 40% |
Attention Score in Context
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