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Clinical Benefit of Islet Xenotransplantation for the Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes

BACKGROUND: Allogeneic islet transplantation has become a viable option for the treatment of unstable type 1 diabetes. However, the donor shortage and the necessity of the immunosuppressive drugs are two major issues. To solve these issues, we performed islet xenotransplantation using encapsulated n...

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Autores principales: Matsumoto, Shinichi, Abalovich, Adrian, Wechsler, Carlos, Wynyard, Shaun, Elliott, Robert B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5078586/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27592597
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2016.08.034