BIOENCAPSULATION 

Minerva Biotecnologica 2000 December;12(4):223-33

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language: English

Alginate as immobilization matrix for cells

Strand B. L., Morsch Y. A., Skjak-Braek G.

Department of Biotechnology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Entrapment of ­cells with­in ­spheres ­based on cal­cium algi­nate ­gels has ­become the ­most wide­ly ­used tech­nique for immo­bi­liz­ing liv­ing ­cells. The ­present ­paper eval­u­ates the poten­tial of ­this mate­ri­al ­based on the cur­rent knowl­edge ­about struc­tu­ral and func­tion­al rela­tion­ships in algi­nate ­gels.