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Johns Hopkins University

Device and Cells

Caption: Johns Hopkins undergraduates developed a device, at right, to anchor therapeutic cells within a blood vessel, where they can release insulin and other proteins. The cells live within protective microcapsules, of the sort seen floating in the vial at left.

Credit: Will Kirk/JHU

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