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In <nestgrp-2408951908520001@192.0.2.1> nestgrp@world.std.com (Amos
Heckendorf) writes: 
>
> to collect wound fluid For a senior research project at Bethel
College,
>I'm working with the wound healing lab at the Univ of Minn. trying to
find
>a new sponge that can be inserted under the skin of rats at a wound
site.
>The idea is to collect wound fluid and cells that participate in the
wound
>healing process. Right now they are using a polyvinyl alcohal sponge
but
>are having trouble removing some of the cells.  What I would like to
find
>is a semi-stable polymer in the body but when it is removed, it can be
>desolved w/o hurting the cells.  I don't know if it would be better to
>make it tempeture dependent or functional group dependent polymer.  

Why is it necessary to preserve cell viability for this project?  It
may be easier and more direct to simply submit PVA sponges for
histological evaluation and morphometric analysis ....