The currently approved islet-transplant method infuses islets into a vein in the liver. This invasive procedure requires the long-term use of immune-suppressing drugs to prevent islet rejection, ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Median time for islet transplantation was 34.8 months.

To prevent islet rejection, immune-suppressing drugs are given over the long term. The researchers wanted to develop a less invasive technique that allowed donor islets to be implanted in a site that ...

Researchers have developed a vascularized organoid model of hormone secreting cells in the pancreas. The advance promises to improve diabetes research and cell-based therapies. Researchers led by ...

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a metabolic disease characterized by pancreatic malfunctional and poor production of insulin. Imagine your pancreas is a factory for insulin, a key hormone that keeps your ...

Islet transplantation significantly reduces the risk of transplantation failure and enhances life expectancy in individuals with type 1 diabetes who undergo kidney transplantation, a new study has ...

Oral presentations were held at the congresses of the ADA1, EASD2 and IPITA-IXA-CTRMS3 Evidence support that AdoShell® Islets is a scalable biocompatible immunoprotective biomaterial for islet ...

A coin-sized implantable device created by scientists at Houston Methodist Research Institute Department of Nanomedicine could drastically alter the course of treatment for type 1 diabetes (T1D). The ...

A team of international scientists has made a major leap forward in diabetes research by successfully 3D printing functional human islets using a novel bioink. Presented today at the ESOT Congress ...