Subcutaneous transplantation of bone marrow derived stem cells in macroencapsulation device for treating diabetic rats; clinically transplantable site

Background/aim: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a serious, chronic and epidemic disease. Its effective therapy with exogenous insulin places an overwhelming burden on the patient's lifestyle. Moreover, pancreatic islet transplantation is limited by the scarceness of donors and the need for chronic im...

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Main Authors: Sawsan M. El-Halawani, Mahmoud M. Gabr, Mohamed El-Far, Mahmoud M. Zakaria, Sherry M. Khater, Ayman F. Refaie, Mohamed A. Ghoneim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-05-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844020307593