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Artificial Pancreas

Pancreatic tissue engineering

V F Murphy< a> Tuesday 27th May 2003

Define the design requirements and constraints for an immuno-isolation membrane to encapsulate isolated islets of Langerhans for pancreatic tissue engineering.

The design requirements and constraints must spring from the function of the immuno-isolation membrane. The membrane serves to isolate the islets without exposing them to the immune system, but still permitting them to work with certain other nutrients within the bloodstream.

The function we are concerned with is the detection of g…

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