Design of a Novel Oxygen Therapeutic Using Polymeric Hydrogel Microcapsules Mimicking Red Blood Cells

• Main Authors: Amanda Cherwin (Author), Shelby Namen (Author), Justyna Rapacz (Author), Grace Kusik (Author), Alexa Anderson (Author), Yale Wang (Author), Matey Kaltchev (Author), Rebecca Schroeder (Author), Kellen O'Connell (Author), Sydney Stephens (Author), Junhong Chen (Author), Wujie Zhang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The goal of this research was to develop a novel oxygen therapeutic made from a pectin-based hydrogel microcapsule carrier mimicking red blood cells. The study focused on three main criteria for developing the oxygen therapeutic to mimic red blood cells: size (5−10 μm), morphology...