PDAS thermogel is approximately equal to that of human
body, making it promising for potential applications in tissue
engineering. One can easily prepare a mixed solution of
cells and surfactant at room temperature and inject it into
the desired site, which will consequently result in a solid
cell/gel construct because of heating of the surfactant by the
body.5a
The work is financially supported by the Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Sichuan Distinguished Youth Fund
(2010JQ0029). We are also grateful to Dr Kunpeng Li et al.
for Cryo-TEM observations.
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