Our collaborative work with Minglin Ma’s group (Cornell Biological and Environmental Engineering) on a potential medical treatment for type 1 diabetes is now published in PNAS. The paper entitled “Designing a retrievable and scalable cell encapsulation device for potential treatment of type 1 diabetes” was led by Minglin’s PhD students Duo An and Alan Chiu. Our research group provided analysis of the mechanical robustness of each of the thread designs. This mechanical durability of the treatment delivery device is essential for its retrievability. Please see the Cornell press release for more information.