Upm-kymmene Corporation

Tiina Hakkarainen

Kari Luukko

Marjo Yliperttula

Timo Laaksonen

Vili-Veli Auvinen

Heli Paukkonen

Markus Nuopponen

Arto Olavi Urtti

Patrick Laurén

Petter Somersalo

Arto Merivaara

Heikki Joensuu

Outi Monni

Anne Mäkelä

Piia-Riitta Karhemo

Raili Koivuniemi

Mingwei Li

Mikko Kunnari

Arto Urtti

Patrick Laurën

The present disclosure provides a method for freeze-drying cells in a hydrogel comprising nanofibrillar cellulose, the method comprising providing a hydrogel comprising nanofibrillar cellulose, providing cells, combining the cells and the hydrogel comprising nanofibrillar cellulose to form a cell system, and freeze drying the cell system to obtain dried cells in a hydrogel comprising nanofibrillar cellulose. The present disclosure also provides a freeze-dried hydrogel comprising nanofibrillar cellulose and cells.

Method for freeze-drying cells in a hydrogel comprising nanofibrillar cellulose and freeze-dried cells in an aerogel comprising nanofibrillar cellulose

The present disclosure relates to method for drying hydrogel comprising nanofibrillar cellulose, the method comprising providing a hydrogel comprising nanofibrillar cellulose, providing polyethylene glycol, providing trehalose, mixing the hydrogel, the polyethylene glycol and the trehalose to obtain a mixture, and freeze drying the mixture to obtain a dried hydrogel comprising nanofibrillar cellulose. The present disclosure relates to a freeze-dryable hydrogel comprising nanofibrillar cellulose, to a freeze-dried hydrogel comprising nanofibrillar cellulose, and to a medical hydrogel comprising nanofibrillar cellulose and one or more therapeutic agent(s).

Method for drying hydrogel comprising nanofibrillar cellulose and a dried hydrogel comprising nanofibrillar cellulose

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Tiina Hakkarainen