Sentences with phrase «islet cell transplants»

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.

Their test also revealed evidence of dying β cells in the blood of people who had received islet cell transplants — a potential sign of immune rejection of the islets.

Jenkins underwent three islet cell transplants at City of Hope and today is considered diabetes free.

We are focused on addressing a major barrier to making islet cell transplant and other immune - modulating therapies more lasting and widely available to patients — namely, the shortage of islet cells that can be collected from human pancreatic tissue.

While these islet cell transplants dramatically improved blood sugar control in the short term, all but five of the 36 recipients needed additional insulin shots within two years.

Dr. James Shapiro, the man who perfected the islet cell transplant to cure type 1 diabetes, is evolving his groundbreaking research by working on a method of implanting insulin - producing cells...

Whereas expensive stem cell therapies, islet cell transplants, and an array of synthetic drugs in the developmental pipeline are the focus of billions of dollars of research, annually, our kitchen cupboards and backyards may already contain the long sought - after cure for type 1 diabetes.