Patent ID: 8790705

Claim:
A spherical or non-spherical microcapsule comprising at least one surface coating and one core, wherein the at least one surface coating comprises cross-linked polymers, and wherein the core comprises cross-linked polymers and cells capable of expressing and secreting a fusion peptide comprising SEQ ID NO: 10 or a peptide having an identity of at least 95% with SEQ ID NO: 10 or SEQ ID NO: 6 or a peptide having an identity of at least 95% with SEQ ID NO: 6, and wherein the cells contained in the core of the spherical microcapsule are selected from human mesenchymal stem cells, differentiated cells derived from human mesenchymal stem cells, including osteoblasts, chondrocytes, fat cells (adipocytes), or neuron-like cells including brain cells.