device prototype (IMAGE)

Rice University

device prototype

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The Hybrid Oxygenation Bioelectronics system for Implanted Therapy, or HOBIT, shields a sufficient number of cells from the host immune system in a comfortably small volume while also providing access to oxygen and nutrients.

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Photo by Jared Jones/Rice University

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