No Evidence of Viral Transmission following Long-Term Implantation of Agarose Encapsulated Porcine Islets in Diabetic Dogs

We have previously described the use of a double coated agarose-agarose porcine islet macrobead for the treatment of type I diabetes mellitus. In the current study, the long-term viral safety of macrobead implantation into pancreatectomized diabetic dogs treated with pravastatin (n = 3) was assessed...

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Autores principales: Gazda, Lawrence S., Vinerean, Horatiu V., Laramore, Melissa A., Hall, Richard D., Carraway, Joseph W., Smith, Barry H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4068064/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24995342
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/727483

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