Engineering and medical researchers have developed a new process for successfully storing specialized pancreatic islet cells at very low temperatures and rewarming them, enabling the potential for ...

The currently approved islet-transplant method infuses islets into a vein in the liver. This invasive procedure requires the long-term use of immune-suppressing drugs to prevent islet rejection, ...

The precise control of blood glucose is dependent on the islets of Langerhans located within the pancreas. Pancreatic islets are complex structures consisting of several types of cells, including ...

Islet Transplantation with Blood Vessel Cells Shows Promise to Treat Type 1 Diabetes Adding engineered human blood vessel-forming cells to islet transplants boosted the survival of the ...

Adding engineered human blood vessel-forming cells to islet transplants boosted the survival of the insulin-producing cells and reversed diabetes in a preclinical study led by Weill Cornell Medicine ...