Microencapsulation and Artificial Cells

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Microencapsulation....Pages 3-4
Artificial Cells in Medicine and Biotechnology....Pages 5-24
Front Matter....Pages 25-25
An Orally Administered Microcapsule System for Treating Chronic Renal Failure Patients....Pages 27-40
Enzyme—Albumin Polymers....Pages 41-56
Artificial Cell-Microencapsulated Phenylalanine Ammonia-Lyase....Pages 57-59
Selection and Microencapsulation of an “NADH-Oxidizing” Bacterium and Its Use for NAD Regeneration....Pages 61-71
Radiopolymerized Mixture of Acrylic Acid, Methyl Methacrylate, and Polyethylene Glycol as an Enzyme Support System....Pages 73-79
Microencapsulation of Living Cells and Tissues....Pages 81-85
Injectable Microencapsulated Islet Cells as a Bioartificial Pancreas....Pages 87-99
Microencapsulation of Mammalian Cells in Polyacrylates....Pages 101-104
The Preparation of Semipermeable Microcapsules Containing Antibody for Use in Radioimmunoassay....Pages 105-107
Design of a Fluidized Bed Reactor for Microencapsulated Urease....Pages 109-119
Front Matter....Pages 121-121
Artificial Red Cells with Crosslinked Hemoglobin Membranes....Pages 123-132
Preparation and In Vitro Characteristics of a Blood Substitute Based on Pyridoxylated Polyhemoglobin....Pages 133-141
Preparation and Biophysical Properties of Hemolysate-Loaded Liposomes....Pages 143-145
Lipid Microencapsulation of Hemoglobin....Pages 147-149
A Blood Substitute from Hydroxyethyl Starch and Hemoglobin....Pages 151-153
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
Present Status of Hemoperfusion/ Hemodialysis in Italy....Pages 157-166
Tailor-Made Agarose-Based Reactive Beads for Hemoperfusion and Plasma Perfusion....Pages 167-182
Preparation of Polyethyleneglycol (PEG) Coatings for Microencapsulation of Charcoal....Pages 183-192
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
Initial Treatment of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with a New Artificial Reticuloendothelial System....Pages 193-196
Front Matter....Pages 197-197
Magnetic Microcapsules for Targeted Delivery of Anticancer Drugs....Pages 199-211
Microencapsulation of Astiban Acid for the Treatment of Schistosomiasis mansoni ....Pages 213-220
Drug Targeting by Drug Entrapment into Ultrafine Compartments as Carriers....Pages 221-235
Microcapsules for New Animal Drugs....Pages 237-243
Microencapsulation of Dichromate and Paracetamol with Eudragit Retard Polymers Using Phase Separation by Nonsolvent Addition....Pages 245-249
Microencapsulation by a Complex Coacervation Process Using Acid-Precursor Gelatin....Pages 251-254
Kinetic Model identification of Drug Release from Microcapsules Using the Nonlinear Regression Search Procedure....Pages 255-258
Preparation and Surface Properties of Encapsulated Powder Pharmaceuticals....Pages 259-262
Preparation and In Vivo Studies of a New Drug Delivery System....Pages 263-265
A Controlled-Release Anti-Inflammatory Drug....Pages 267-272
Front Matter....Pages 273-273
Current Status of Microencapsulated Diets for Aquaculture....Pages 275-288
Liquid Crystal Microcapsule Medical Device Used for Thermographic Examination of the Human Female Breast....Pages 289-299
Excitable Artificial Cells of Proteinoid....Pages 301-307
Inhibition of Human Neutrophil Elastase Activity by Encapsulated Serum (Serumsome™) Therapy....Pages 309-312
Back Matter....Pages 313-320