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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Dec 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Healthc Eng. 2011 Dec;2(4):427–446. doi: 10.1260/2040-2295.2.4.427

Figure 1.

Figure 1

A schematic illustration of the concept of immunoisolation by encapsulating living cells in microcapsules that have a semipermeable wall to allow free diffusion of nutrients, metabolic wastes, and therapeutic agents while blocking any host immune mediators from getting in contact with the encapsulated cells.