Fig. 7: Hydrogel-based macrocapsules for islet encapsulation.
From: Hydrogel-based flexible materials for diabetes diagnosis, treatment, and management
a Fabrication of TRAFFIC device109. b Blood glucose concentration of diabetic mice after transplantation of encapsulated islets. c Rapid retrieval of macrocapsule in a dog model. d Fabrication of nanocapsule via double emulsion method112. e Blood glucose concentration (mmol/L) of diabetic mice of different treatment groups over a period of 14 days, n = 3. None indicates no operation was carried out; fresh indicates fresh cells were transplanted; cryopreserved indicates cryopreserved cells were transplanted. Reproduced with permission from refs. 109,112. Copyright 2018 National Academy of Sciences and 2019 Wiley-VCH.
