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Russia First Country to Approve Porcine Islet Cell Transplants

Living Cell Technologies announced that its Russian subsidiary, LCT Biomedical Limited, has received registration of the company’s groundbreaking diabetes treatment, DIABECELL, as a marketable medical technology in Russia. Registration allows for the sale and use of the DIABECELL technology in the treatment of type 1 diabetes in Russia....

Sperm-Producing Cells Turned Into Insulin Producers

Human spermatogonial stem cells extracted from testicular tissue can be turned into insulin-secreting beta islet cells normally found in the pancreas, say scientists from Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC)...

The Frontier of Diabetes Research: An Interview With Dr. Camillo Ricordi

We’re planning a trial in China to block the progression of type 1 at the onset, and see if it’s possible to transplant organs and tissue without the use of lifelong immune suppression drugs...

JDRF Funds Clinical Trial to Test Pig Islet Cells

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation announced today that it is partnering with Living Cell Technologies (LCT), a New Zealand-based biotechnology company focused on developing cell based therapeutics, in a Phase II clinical trial to study the safety and effectiveness of transplanting encapsulated insulin-producing cells from pigs as a treatment for type 1 diabetes with significant hypoglycemia unawareness....

Islet Sheet Technology

The Islet Sheet looks like a clear business card and feels wet and slick on the finger. You can see the islets, which look to the naked eye like fine white sand...

Frequent Flier Miles For Your Pancreas

As befits its subject, I’m writing this post from a plane — a company was giving out free coupons for in-flight wireless internet,…

Success Rate of Islet Cells Transplants May Improve With New Treatment

TikoMed AB, a Swedish biotechnology company focused on development and commercialization of innovative treatments for immune diseases and cell therapies, announced that IBsolvMIR® has been granted orphan drug designation for the prevention of graft rejection of pancreatic islet transplantation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

From Research Guinea Pig to President of Diabetes UK in Four Years

Richard Lane, president of Diabetes UK, has Type 1 diabetes and was one of the first people in the UK to receive islet cell transplants.

The Search For A Sweet Solution

Facing Mike’s autoimmune disease, I found myself wishing once again for something that could be overcome. The body attacking itself, although I now understood the words, seemed as strange to a young wife as it had to a child.