Development of a Stabilized Alginate-based Hydrogel for Oral Delivery of Encapsulated Live Cultures and Allowing their Intact Passage Through the Digestive System.
Bruce J. Godfrey, Pei-Hsin Wang, Prakit Saingam, Happy Tju, Mari K.H. Winkler
This paper develops a ferric-modified alginate hydrogel for oral delivery of live microbes, showing improved stability through chitosan-ferric-alginate interfacial complexes.
bioRxiv · Feb 3, 2026 · PreprintBioengineering