In vitro analysis of cryopreserved alginate–poly‐l‐lysine–alginate‐microencapsulated human hepatocytes

Background: The availability of well‐characterized human hepatocytes that can be frozen and thawed will be critical for cell therapy. We addressed whether human hepatocytes can recover after microencapsulated cryopreservation and investigated whether these cryopreserved microencapsulated hepatocytes can be used for clinical applications.

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