Microspheres : Medical and Biological Applications 1988

We have previously described the syntheses of both magnetic and nonmagnetic polymeric microspheres, and we have reported their application in removal of neuroblastoma cells from normal cells in bone marrow, in the separation of red blood cells, and the separation of human B and T lymphocytes. In the present study, we describe a series of hydrophilic microspheres consisting of (1) poly-HEMA and (2) a copolymer sequence of HEMA-acrolein microspheres.

Alan Rembaun, Ph.D., has published more than 200 scientific papers. He co-authored or edited 5 books and was issued 56 patents. In 1968 and 1984, he received the NASA Gold Medal Award for expectional scientific acheivements and in 1986, after 24 years of service at the Jet Propulsion Laboratories, he received the NASA Career Award which recognised his outstanding scientific and technical contribution.

Zoltan A. Tokes, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at the School of Medicine of the University of Southern California. Dr. Tokes published more than 50 scientific papers, contributed 18 books and received several U.S. Patents.