Sentences with phrase «clinical islet transplant»
«Islet transplants have been used to successfully treat patients with unstable, high - risk type 1 diabetes, but the procedure has limitations, including a very limited supply of donor organs and challenges in obtaining reliable and consistent islet preparations,» said trial investigator James Shapiro, MD, PhD, FRCSC, Director of the Clinical Islet Transplant Program, University of Alberta.
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Clinical Islet Transplant Program 2000 College Plaza 8215 - 112th Street Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2C8 780-407-1501 (phone) 780-407-3850 (fax) Email: [email protected]
Dr. James Shapiro and the Clinical Islet Transplant Program are currently investigating the possibility of living donor islet transplantation, but do not have an active program set up as yet in Edmonton.
The following individuals are closely involved with the Clinical Islet Transplant Program in Edmonton:
Dr Andrew Malcolm Director of Research Operations Clinical Islet Transplant Program 2000 College Plaza 8215 - 112th Street Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2C8 [email protected]
«The loss of insulin - producing beta cells leads to type 1 diabetes, making it an ideal target for cell replacement therapy,» said James Shapiro, MD, PhD, FRCSC, Director of the Clinical Islet Transplant Program, University of Alberta.
Not exact matches
Although cord blood stem cell transplant is becoming increasingly promising, the Clinical Islet Program is not currently involved with cord blood as a treatment for diabetes.
June 6, 2000 Immune Tolerance Network to fund expanded clinical trial of Edmonton islet transplant technique The Immune Tolerance Network will fund a multi-center clinical trial of islet transplantation to study the technique that reversed diabetes in all eight patients treated.
The Emory Transplant Center has conducted clinical trials since 2003 transplanting human pancreatic islet cells into patients with Type I diabetes.
The trial, a first in islet transplantation, is slated to begin in the fall of this year and will involve approximately 32 new transplants at up to eight clinical centers across North America and Europe.