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Figure 19.10.
Chemical structure of PMBV.
hydrogel. To achieve these objectives, a cytocompatible water-
soluble MPC polymer containing p-vinylphenylboronic acid (VPBA)
units, that is, poly(MPC-co-BMA-co-VPBA) (PMBV) was synthesized
(Fig. 19.10).
The water-soluble PMBV was used to make a hydrogel with PVA.
When the aqueous polymer solutions contained PMBV and PVA, a
hydrogel was formed within a short period after gentle shaking at
room temperature. The hydrogel made from PMBV and PVA is also
reversibly dissociated by the addition ofglucose into the system.
To understand the behavior and state of the cells in the
PMBV/PVA hydrogel as a means of evaluating the performance of
Figure 19.11.
Immobilization and recovering cells in reversible-forming
MPC polymer hydrogel.
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