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, ...

A Phase I/II Clinical Study to assess safety, potency and durability of SR-02 implanted to the abdominal omentum of patients with difficult-to-control T1D GERMANTOWN, MD / ACCESSWIRE / October 15, ...

A team of international scientists has made a major leap forward in diabetes research by successfully 3D printing functional human islets using a novel bioink. Presented today at the ESOT Congress ...

We report on a patient with type 1 diabetes mellitus, diagnosed at 16 years of age, in whom widespread amyloid deposits developed many years later in transplanted human islets. The islets were ...

Researchers led by Maike Sander, Scientific Director of the Max Delbrück Center, have developed a vascularized organoid model of hormone secreting cells in the pancreas. The advance, published in ...