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Artificial Cells: The Use of Hybrid Systems
Author(s) -
Chang Thomas Ming Swi
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
artificial organs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.684
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1525-1594
pISSN - 0160-564X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1594.1980.tb01865.x
Subject(s) - artificial kidney , artificial liver , artificial cell , detoxification (alternative medicine) , computer science , chemistry , artificial intelligence , biochemistry , engineering , biomedical engineering , medicine , liver failure , surgery , pathology , alternative medicine , membrane
Artificial cells consist of a hybrid system combining biological and synthetic materials. It has been investigated for enzyme therapy, erythrocyte substitution, hemoperfussion, artificial kidney, artificial liver, detoxification, immunoadsorbents and other applications.