Fig. 7
Pancreatic islet encapsulation with PA nanomatrix gel. a Scheme of islet encapsulation. b–e Insulin producing beta cell staining and islet viability test after 14 days of islet culture. Dithizone staining of (b) bare islets and (c) PA encapsulated islets. Live/dead staining of (d) bare islets and (e) PA encapsulated islets. In b and c, red shows insulin producing beta cells. In d and e, live cells are stained green, and dead cells are stained red. Reused with permission from [50]