Hydrogel Encapsulation Facilitates Rapid-Cooling Cryopreservation of Stem Cell-Laden Core-Shell Microcapsules as Cell-Biomaterial Constructs

A microfluidic perfusion approach for on-chip characterization of the transport properties of human oocytes

(2017) Gang Zhao et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Determination of the temperature-dependent cell membrane permeabilities using microfluidics with integrated flow and temperature control

(2017) Cifeng Fang et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Predehydration and Ice Seeding in the Presence of Trehalose Enable Cell Cryopreservation

(2017) Haishui Huang et al.   ACS Biomaterials-Science & Engineering

Predehydration and Ice Seeding in the Presence of Trehalose Enable Cell Cryopreservation

(2017) Haishui Huang et al.   ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering

Magnetic induction heating of superparamagnetic nanoparticles during rewarming augments the recovery of hUCM-MSCs cryopreserved by vitrification

(2016) Jianye Wang et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Multifunctional Photonics Nanoparticles for Crossing the Blood-Brain Barrier and Effecting Optically Trackable Brain Theranostics

(2016) Ajay Singh et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Serum-free non-toxic freezing solution for cryopreservation of human adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells

(2016) Sirsendu Sekhar Ray et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS

Cryopreservation of Human Adipose-Derived Stem Cells in Combination with Trehalose and Reversible Electroporation

(2016) Barbara Dovgan et al.   JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE BIOLOGY

Comparison of vitrification and conventional slow freezing for cryopreservation of ovarian tissue with respect to the number of intact primordial follicles

(2016) Xin-Hui Zhou et al.   MEDICINE

Combinatorial hydrogel library enables identification of materials that mitigate the foreign body response in primates

(2016) Arturo J Vegas et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Long-term glycemic control using polymer-encapsulated human stem cell–derived beta cells in immune-competent mice

(2016) Arturo J Vegas et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Vitreous Cryopreservation of Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells with Low Concentration of Cryoprotective Agents for Vascular Tissue Engineering

(2016) Yuanyuan Zheng et al.   TISSUE ENGINEERING PART C-METHODS

Bioengineering of injectable encapsulated aggregates of pluripotent stem cells for therapy of myocardial infarction

(2016) Shuting Zhao et al.   Nature Communications

Alginate-Encapsulation for the Improved Hypothermic Preservation of Human Adipose-Derived Stem Cells

(2016) Stephen Swioklo et al.   Stem Cells Translational Medicine

Nanoparticle-Mediated Intracellular Delivery Enables Cryopreservation of Human Adipose-Derived Stem Cells Using Trehalose as the Sole Cryoprotectant

(2015) Wei Rao et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Alginate Hydrogel Microencapsulation Inhibits Devitrification and Enables Large-Volume Low-CPA Cell Vitrification

(2015) Haishui Huang et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

Cryopreservation of adhered mammalian cells on a microfluidic device: Toward ready-to-use cell-based experimental platforms

(2015) Eitaro Kondo et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Improved low-CPA vitrification of mouse oocytes using quartz microcapillary

(2015) Jung Kyu Choi et al.   CRYOBIOLOGY

The crucial role of zona pellucida in cryopreservation of oocytes by vitrification

(2015) Jung Kyu Choi et al.   CRYOBIOLOGY

Three dimensional in vitro culture of preantral follicles following slow-freezing and vitrification of mouse ovarian tissue

(2015) Fatemeh Asgari et al.   CRYOBIOLOGY

A time-lapse evaluation of conventional slow freezing and vitrification of PN-stage embryos

(2015) M. Meintjes et al.   FERTILITY AND STERILITY

High throughput cryopreservation of cells by rapid freezing of sub-μl drops using inkjet printing – cryoprinting

(2015) Rui Dou et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

A Biomimetic Core-Shell Platform for Miniaturized 3D Cell and Tissue Engineering

(2015) Pranay Agarwal et al.   PARTICLE & PARTICLE SYSTEMS CHARACTERIZATION

High-Throughput Non-Contact Vitrification of Cell-Laden Droplets Based on Cell Printing

(2015) Meng Shi et al.   Scientific Reports

Sensing and Sensibility: Single-Islet-based Quality Control Assay of Cryopreserved Pancreatic Islets with Functionalized Hydrogel Microcapsules

(2015) Wanyu Chen et al.   Advanced Healthcare Materials

Hydrogel Encapsulation of Cells in Core-Shell Microcapsules for Cell Delivery

(2015) Duy Khiem Nguyen et al.   Advanced Healthcare Materials

Scaling up the Throughput of Synthesis and Extraction in Droplet Microfluidic Reactors

(2015) Piotr M. Korczyk et al.   Journal of Flow Chemistry

Bio-Inspired Cryo-Ink Preserves Red Blood Cell Phenotype and Function During Nanoliter Vitrification

(2014) Rami El Assal et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Frequent occurrence of non-malignant genetic alterations in clinical grade mesenchymal stromal cells expanded for cell therapy protocols

(2014) C. Capelli et al.   HAEMATOLOGICA

Slow and steady cell shrinkage reduces osmotic stress in bovine and murine oocyte and zygote vitrification

(2014) D. Lai et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION

Coaxial electrospray of liquid core–hydrogel shell microcapsules for encapsulation and miniaturized 3D culture of pluripotent stem cells

(2014) Shuting Zhao et al.   Integrative Biology

The effect of solution nonideality on modeling transmembrane water transport and diffusion-limited intracellular ice formation during cryopreservation

(2014) Gang Zhao et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS

Double emulsions from a capillary array injection microfluidic device

(2014) Luoran Shang et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Efficient Reprogramming of Naïve-Like Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells from Porcine Adipose-Derived Stem Cells with a Feeder-Independent and Serum-Free System

(2014) Yu Zhang et al.   PLoS One

Cryopreservation effects on recombinant myoblasts encapsulated in adhesive alginate hydrogels

(2013) Hajira F. Ahmad et al.   Acta Biomaterialia

Manipulating biological agents and cells in micro-scale volumes for applications in medicine

(2013) Savas Tasoglu et al.   CHEMICAL SOCIETY REVIEWS

Effects of thermal ageing on the static and cyclic mechanical properties of carbon fibres/PDMS composites for use in medicine

(2013) T. Suchý et al.   COMPUTER METHODS IN BIOMECHANICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Stromal cells from the adipose tissue-derived stromal vascular fraction and culture expanded adipose tissue-derived stromal/stem cells: a joint statement of the International Federation for Adipose Therapeutics and Science (IFATS) and the International Society for Cellular Therapy (ISCT)

(2013) Philippe Bourin et al.   CYTOTHERAPY

Chromosomal aberrations and deoxyribonucleic acid single-strand breaks in adipose-derived stem cells during long-term expansion in vitro

(2013) Katrin Froelich et al.   CYTOTHERAPY

Detection of spontaneous tumorigenic transformation during culture expansion of human mesenchymal stromal cells

(2013) Qiuwei Pan et al.   EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

Enhancement of the thermo-mechanical properties of PDMS molds for the hot embossing of PMMA microfluidic devices

(2013) Myeongsub Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING

One-step microfluidic generation of pre-hatching embryo-like core–shell microcapsules for miniaturized 3D culture of pluripotent stem cells

(2013) Pranay Agarwal et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Encapsulation and 3D culture of human adipose-derived stem cells in an in-situ crosslinked hybrid hydrogel composed of PEG-based hyperbranched copolymer and hyaluronic acid

(2013) Waqar Hassan et al.   Stem Cell Research & Therapy

Magnetic Hydrogels and Their Potential Biomedical Applications

(2012) Yuhui Li et al.   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS

A three-dimensional microfluidic approach to scaling up microencapsulation of cells

(2012) Sameer Tendulkar et al.   BIOMEDICAL MICRODEVICES

Stem cell microencapsulation for phenotypic control, bioprocessing, and transplantation

(2012) Jenna L. Wilson et al.   BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOENGINEERING

Accelerated thermal ageing studies of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) rubber

(2012) Kewei Xiang et al.   JOURNAL OF POLYMER RESEARCH

Scale-up and control of droplet production in coupled microfluidic flow-focusing geometries

(2012) Molly K. Mulligan et al.   Microfluidics and Nanofluidics

Microfluidic Encapsulation of Cells in Polymer Microgels

(2012) Diego Velasco et al.   Small

Core-Shell Hydrogel Microcapsules for Improved Islets Encapsulation

(2012) Minglin Ma et al.   Advanced Healthcare Materials

A novel core–shell microcapsule for encapsulation and 3D culture of embryonic stem cells

(2012) Wujie Zhang et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Effective vitrification of human induced pluripotent stem cells using carboxylated ε-poly-l-lysine

(2011) Kazuaki Matsumura et al.   CRYOBIOLOGY

Use of liquid nitrogen during storage in a cell and tissue bank: Contamination risk and effect on the detectability of potential viral contaminants

(2011) Vicente Mirabet et al.   CRYOBIOLOGY

Controllable microfluidic production of multicomponent multiple emulsions

(2011) Wei Wang et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Emerging technologies in medical applications of minimum volume vitrification

(2011) Xiaohui Zhang et al.   Nanomedicine

Nanoliter droplet vitrification for oocyte cryopreservation

(2011) Xiaohui Zhang et al.   Nanomedicine

Blood Banking in Living Droplets

(2011) Josh Samot et al.   PLoS One

Microencapsulation Technology: A Powerful Tool for Integrating Expansion and Cryopreservation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells

(2011) Margarida Serra et al.   PLoS One

Microencapsulating and Banking Living Cells for Cell-Based Medicine

(2011) Wujie Zhang et al.   Journal of Healthcare Engineering

Biotransport Phenomena in Freezing Mammalian Oocytes

(2010) Geer Yang et al.   ANNALS OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Generation of core-shell microcapsules with three-dimensional focusing device for efficient formation of cell spheroid

(2010) Choong Kim et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Vitrification and levitation of a liquid droplet on liquid nitrogen

(2010) Y. S. Song et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Physical and biological aspects of renal vitrification

(2010) Gregory M. Fahy et al.   Organogenesis

Cryopreservation based on freezing protocols for the long-term storage of microencapsulated myoblasts

(2009) Ainhoa Murua et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Preferential vitrification of water in small alginate microcapsules significantly augments cell cryopreservation by vitrification

(2009) Wujie Zhang et al.   BIOMEDICAL MICRODEVICES

Cryopreservation of Peripheral Blood Stem Cells Using a Box-in-Box Cooling Device

(2009) Xiaoming Zhou et al.   BIOPRESERVATION AND BIOBANKING

Long-term Cultures of Bone Marrow–Derived Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells Frequently Undergo Spontaneous Malignant Transformation

(2009) Gro Vatne Røsland et al.   CANCER RESEARCH

Thermodynamic aspects of vitrification

(2009) Brian Wowk   CRYOBIOLOGY

Effects of solution composition on the theoretical prediction of ice nucleation kinetics and thermodynamics

(2009) Jens O.M. Karlsson   CRYOBIOLOGY

Development of a reliable low-cost controlled cooling rate instrument for the cryopreservation of hematopoietic stem cells

(2009) Zhiquan Shu et al.   CYTOTHERAPY

Encapsulation of Living Cells in Small (∼100 μm) Alginate Microcapsules by Electrostatic Spraying: A Parametric Study

(2009) Wujie Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICAL ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

Encapsulation of adipogenic factors to promote differentiation of adipose-derived stem cells

(2009) J. Peter Rubin et al.   JOURNAL OF DRUG TARGETING

Monodisperse semi-permeable microcapsules for continuous observation of cells

(2009) Yuya Morimoto et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Cryoreservation of alginate–fibrin beads involving bone marrow derived mesenchymal stromal cells by vitrification

(2008) Gajadhar Bhakta et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Long-term In vitro Expansion Alters the Biology of Adult Mesenchymal Stem Cells

(2008) R. Izadpanah et al.   CANCER RESEARCH

Direct observation of fat crystallization in a living fly by X-ray diffraction: Fat crystallization does not cause the fly’s instantaneous death, but ice formation does

(2008) Hiroshi Takahashi et al.   CRYOBIOLOGY

Innovation in the culture and derivation of pluripotent human stem cells

(2008) Todd C McDevitt et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY

Cardiac regenerative therapy integrated via human autologous cardiac stem cell and biodegradable bFGF-incorporating gelatin hydrogel

(2008) Hiroaki Matsubara   JOURNAL OF CARDIAC FAILURE