Transplantation of human islets without immunosuppression

Transplantation of pancreatic islets is emerging as a successful treatment for type-1 diabetes. Its current stringent restriction to patients with critical metabolic lability is justified by the long-term need for immunosuppression and a persistent shortage of donor organs. We developed an oxygenate...

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Main Authors: Colton, Clark K. (Contributor), Ludwig, Barbara (Author), Reichel, Andreas (Author), Steffen, Anja (Author), Zimerman, Baruch (Author), Schally, Andrew V. (Author), Block, Norman L. (Author), Ludwig, Stefan (Author), Kersting, Stephan (Author), Bonifacio, Ezio (Author), Solimena, Michele (Author), Gendler, Zohar (Author), Rotem, Avi (Author), Barkai, Uriel (Author), Bornstein, Stefan R. (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), 2014-08-28T14:03:22Z.
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