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Method to assess pancreatic islets after transportation reported
September 27th, 2004
Researchers have developed a method to assess human pancreatic islets after long distance transportation. "Pancreatic islet transplantation can replace functional insulin-secreting beta cells for patients with type 1 diabetes. More than 300 patients who have received islet transplantation have returned to a euglycemic condition without using insulin. Therefore, islet transplantation has gained public attention and interest. Unfortunately, shortages in organ donations, suboptimal antirejection regimens, and difficulties in islet isolation limit clinical utilization of this therapy," investigators in the United States report. "Recently, successful...
Source: Diabetes Week (2004-09-27)
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