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Hydrophobic nanoparticles improve permeability of cell-encapsulating poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogels while maintaining patternability.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 30 Nov 2010
Lee Wonjae, Cho Nam-Joon, Xiong Anming, Glenn Jeffrey S, Frank Curtis W
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Cell encapsulating poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogels represent a promising approach for constructing 3D cultures designed to more closely approximate in vivo tissue environment. Improved strategies are needed, however, to optimally balance hydrogel permeability to support metabolic activities of encapsulated cells, while maintaining patternability to restore key aspects of tissue architecture. Herein, we have...
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