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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2025
The University of North Carolina AT Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Nancy Allbritton, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Yuli Wang, Cary, NC (US);
Hennayaka Mudiyanselage Dulan Gunasekara, Carrboro, NC (US);
Christopher Sims, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method of making a live cell construct or a support, comprising: (a) providing a non-cellular organic polymer support having a top surface, a bottom surface, and an intermediate portion there between, and (b) contacting a cross-linking agent to one surface of said support for a time sufficient to generate a gradient of cross-linking of said polymer in said intermediate portion. Also provided are live cell constructs, supports, and methods of use of the supports and live cell constructs.