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Mechanically Compliant, Precision-Porous Brain Implants Reduce the Foreign Body Reaction and Guide Regeneration
Ian D. Dryg, Le Zhen, Rebecca Darrow…·Buddy D. Ratner
Brain-stiffness-matched pHEMA/GMA hydrogel scaffolds with 40 µm interconnected pores reduced astrocyte encapsulation and iNOS+ macrophage fraction versus stiff solid rods after 4 weeks in rat brain.