After failing to live up to its early promise of becoming a cure for type 1 diabetes, the procedure of transplanting ins…
Islet Cell Transplant
Islet Cell Transplantation Right Under the Skin
Dr. James Shapiro, the man who perfected the islet cell transplant to cure type 1 diabetes, is evolving his groundbreaki…
Got Islets? Transplant Recipients Talk About Curing Type 1 Diabetes
For Gina’s second transplant (two years after the failure of the first) researchers at City of Hope added a component of…
Islet Cell Transplant for Type 2 Diabetes: Could it Work?
“I’m a big proponent of islet cell transplantation for type 2 diabetics,” says Dr. Gordon Weir, who is one of the world’…
Islet Cell Transplant Progress May Lead to Type 1 Diabetes Cure
The biomaterial holding the islet cells—which is completely synthetic, is 96 percent water, and which Garcia described a…
An Attempt to Cure Type 1 Diabetes
Of course, given the opportunity cure type 1 diabetes, to eradicate the condition causing me to take insulin injections …
The Gift of Hope: Treating Type 1 Diabetes With New Islet Cells
Participating in a clinical trial is truly giving of oneself. No matter how my story ends, I will never question my dec…
An Implantable Artificial Pancreas: Could It Cure Diabetes?
The bio artificial pancreas is implanted subcutaneously and oxygen is delivered to the islets via injection...…
Curing Diabetes: Would I Do It Again?
The first day off insulin I ate a ham sandwich. My blood sugar didn’t go up. Now I knew how regular people felt after th…
Increasing Beta Cell Supply: An Interview With Professor Shimon Efrat
We have shown that beta cells from adult human islets can be made to multiply in tissue culture, but during this process…
