Search Results for: islet
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Subcutaneous Islet Transplant Provides Safer, Efficient Path for Type 1 Cure
Islet cell transplants as a mode for curing type 1 diabetes have become a popular research focus over the past…
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Are Immune-Evasive Islet Cells the Key to a Type 1 Cure?
Pancreatic and islet cell transplants have been used to cure diabetes in high-risk individuals. But, due to issues with availability…
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Oxygen Critical to Practical Islet Transplants
We spoke with Klearchos Papas, PhD about his oxygen generator-based islet ‘tea bag’ transplant device for which the JDRF just…
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Sernova Cell Pouch Hopes to Improve Islet Transplant Success
Sernova is a regenerative medicine company located in London, Ontario. The corporation is led by President and CEO Dr. Philip…
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Seraxis Islet Technology Aims for Practical T1D Cure
Islet transplants offer the hope of a permanent cure for Type 1 Diabetes. After nearly six years in stealth mode,…
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Bigger Capsules Keep Islet Cells Safe
Finding may make islet cell transplantation a more viable therapy for Type 1 diabetes.
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Cure Insight
An Islet Therapy Pioneer
By volunteering to undergo an experimental islet therapy transplant, Chris Stiehl possibly shaved years off the research timeline.
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How to Protect Transplanted Islets
Take a video peek into the Diabetes Research Institute’s efforts to create safe haven for transplanted islets.
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Islet Therapy Gains Ground
Researchers have found better ways to use transplanted islet cells to help people with T1 produce insulin again.
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Four-Legged Islet Factories: The Pigs of Auckland Island
A herd of pigs from a remote island in the south Pacific Ocean hold the promise of a virtually endless…
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A Safe House for Islets
“The BioHub is a localized micro-environment,” said Ricordi. “It is a quantum leap in cell therapy to replace insulin-producing cells…
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Games Cells Play: Protecting Islet Transplants
"It's a lot like shrink wrapping," said Dr. Alice Tomei of the islet cell encapsulation technique she uses. This "conformal…
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Unraveling the Genetic Components of Type 1 Diabetes
In the past three years, the number of people diagnosed with type 1 diabetes has increased by 30%, according to…
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New Vaccine Targets 6 Viruses that May Cause Type 1 Diabetes
A new vaccine developed by Finnish and Swedish researchers that targets six strains of enterovirus and could have a profound…
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New Study Questions Rotavirus Vaccine Effect on T1D Development
Excitement over a potential preventative treatment for type 1 diabetes reached a high last year as multiple studies showed a…
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Deleting Gene in Mice Prevents T1D from Developing
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison made a surprising discovery recently when they deleted the IRE1-alpha gene in mice destined…
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Should We Be Excited About ‘Curing’ T1D in Mice?
You have probably already heard the exciting news out of the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Researchers…
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Will ViaCyte’s Encaptra Cell Delivery System ‘Cure’ Type 1 Diabetes?
When you were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, you were probably told that a cure was “just around the corner.”…
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Glucose SOS: More Than Just a Hypoglycemia Treatment
Like many diabetics, my diet has changed significantly since my diagnosis. I do my best to select foods that will…
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