Currently, cell microencapsulation (CM) is a promising technology for a wide range of areas of interest in cellular and molecular biology. This technique can be used for large-scale cell culture, cell implantation, and cell-based gene therapy. Although several materials have been used for CM, alginate is considered to be quite effective. Alginate bead-containing cells can be prepared by extruding a cell–alginate mixture into a calcium chloride solution. It is possible to easily create calcium alginate (Ca-alginate) beads with a syringe. However, beads that are generated by syringes are not suitable for CM due to their large size (>1000 μm). Researchers have proposed a number of solutions for this problem. The use of certain equipment is an inseparable part of these solutions. This study demonstrated that small size (<400 μm) Ca-alginate beads can successfully be generated by modifying the syringe method. In this study, this method was successfully employed for CM and embryoid body (EB) formation in alginate.
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Technical Notes
A simple method for generating small calcium-alginate beads by syringe
Ali Delbari Department of Anatomical SciencesFaculty of Medicine, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran, Fatemeh Fadaei Department of Biology and Anatomical SciencesFaculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Mohammad Salehi Department of Biology and Anatomical SciencesFaculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Reza Mastery Farahani Department of Biology and Anatomical SciencesFaculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Abbas Piryaei Department of Biology and Anatomical SciencesFaculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Mohammad Hassan Heidari Department of Biology and Anatomical SciencesFaculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Mohsen Nourozian Department of Biology and Anatomical SciencesFaculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranCorrespondencenourozian.m@gmail.com
& Vahid Mansouri Department of Basic SciencesFaculty of Paramedical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran show all
Ali Delbari Department of Anatomical SciencesFaculty of Medicine, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Sabzevar, Iran, Fatemeh Fadaei Department of Biology and Anatomical SciencesFaculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Mohammad Salehi Department of Biology and Anatomical SciencesFaculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Reza Mastery Farahani Department of Biology and Anatomical SciencesFaculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Abbas Piryaei Department of Biology and Anatomical SciencesFaculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Mohammad Hassan Heidari Department of Biology and Anatomical SciencesFaculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Mohsen Nourozian Department of Biology and Anatomical SciencesFaculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IranCorrespondencenourozian.m@gmail.com
& Vahid Mansouri Department of Basic SciencesFaculty of Paramedical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran show all
& Vahid Mansouri Department of Basic SciencesFaculty of Paramedical Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran show all
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Published online: 12 Aug 2014
Technical Notes
A simple method for generating small calcium-alginate beads by syringe
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