Sentences with phrase «islet cell transplantations»

The article described how a team of researchers, surgeons and radiologists had successfully carried out a number of islet cell transplantations in people with Type 1 diabetes, in Edmonton, Canada..

Islet cell transplantation research in the UK The success of a novel islet transplantation procedure, called the «Edmonton protocol» was reported in an article in the New England Journal of Medicine, 27 July 2000.

The JDF Center for Islet Cell Transplantation will fund 32 researchers to focus on four main goals: Reversing the overactive immune response that kills islet cells; finding new sources for islet cell transplants, such as pigs or genetically engineered cells; persuading the body to accept the transplanted cells without immunosuppressive drugs that often trigger worse side effects than the disease; and overcoming the technical difficulties of transplantation.

(Typically islet cell transplantation requires the recipient to take a lifetime of immune suppressant drugs.

«I'm a big proponent of islet cell transplantation for type 2 diabetics,» says Dr. Gordon Weir, who is one of the world's foremost experts on islet cell transplantation as Co-Head...

For example, we're one of a handful of hospitals in the country to offer total pancreatectomy with islet cell autotransplantation (autologous islet cell transplantation), a procedure aimed at preventing diabetes or reducing its effects after removal of the pancreas due to pancreatitis.

Not exact matches

Transplantation of pancreatic islets — cell clusters that contain insulin - producing cells — prevents severe, potentially life - threatening drops in blood sugar in people with type 1 diabetes, according to new research.

New clinical trial results show that transplantation of pancreatic islets — cell clusters that contain insulin - producing cells — prevents severe, potentially life - threatening drops in blood sugar in people with type 1 diabetes.

In the case of whole pancreas transplantation, major surgery is required; and in beta cell islet transplantation, the body's immune system can still attack the transplanted cells and kill off a large proportion of them (80 % in some cases).

Review of «Tumor - Free Transplantation of Patient - Derived Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Progeny for Customized Islet Regeneration» from Stem Cells Translational Medicine by Stuart P. Atkinson

Tumor - Free Transplantation of Patient - Derived Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Progeny for Customized Islet Regeneration.

Our group is specifically working on improvement of islet isolation and transplantation protocols in clinical practice and the development of novel therapeutic options in the field of beta cell replacement with a clear translational «bench to bedside» approach by linking experimental research with preclinical and clinical work:

This group has identified IL - 7 as a fundamental mediator of T cell expansion post islet transplantation in patients with type 1 diabetes.