Rice "drug factory" implants consisting of alginate beads loaded with engineered cells (IMAGE)

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Rice "drug factory" implants consisting of alginate beads loaded with engineered cells

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Tiny alginate bead implants invented in the laboratory of Rice University bioengineer Omid Veiseh can be loaded with cells that produce cytokine, proteins that play a major role in immune response. A new study found a treatment combining the implants and checkpoint inhibitor drugs eradicated advanced mesothelioma tumors in all seven mice in which it was tested. (Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University)

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