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Bio-Artificial Organs

The example of artificial pancreas

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Applications of Cell Immobilisation Biotechnology

Part of the book series: Focus on Biotechnology ((FOBI,volume 8B))

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  1. Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmaceutics, University of Perugia, I-06100, Perugia, Italy

    Claudio Nastruzzi & Giovanni Luca

  2. Department Internal Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine Endocrine and Metabolic Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Perugia, I-06100, Perugia, Italy

    Giuseppe Basta & Riccardo Calafiore

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Nastruzzi, C., Luca, G., Basta, G., Calafiore, R. (2005). Bio-Artificial Organs. In: Nedović, V., Willaert, R. (eds) Applications of Cell Immobilisation Biotechnology. Focus on Biotechnology, vol 8B. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3363-X_1

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