The work of François has been accepted in Bionconjugate Chemistry!

Functionalized hydrogels © S. Gerber / 2018 EPFL

Functionalized hydrogels © S. Gerber / 2018 EPFL

The work of François in collaboration with HUG has just been accepted in Bionconjugate Chemistry: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.8b00190
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The covalent functionalization of alginate-based hydrogels with the anti-inflammatory drug Ketoprofen allows sustained controlled delivery at the transplantation site and reduction of adverse fibrotic overgrowth.

Funding

Swiss National Science Foundation (Grants CR23I2_152974 and 310030E-164250) / Foundation Insuleman / Enable Program