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Learn about the latest research with these audio reports featuring DRI scientists.
 

  >>Camillo Ricordi, M.D.
DRI's Scientific Director
on the sense of urgency
and commitment to cure
diabetes through collaboration
>>Peter Buchwald, Ph.D.
Developing safe alternatives
to anti-rejection drugs
>>Per-Olof Berggren, Ph.D.
Collaborating from Sweden;
focusing on how insulin-
producing islet cells
function
>>Juan Dominguez-Bendala, Ph.D.
Turning stem cells into
insulin-producing cells
>>Helena Edlund, Ph.D.
Advances in stem cell
research, from her labs in
Sweden and Miami
>>Elizabeth Fenjves, Ph.D.
Keeping insulin-producing
cells strong
>>Luca Inverardi, M.D.
Harnessing the natural process that increases islets during
pregnancy; using pig cells;
stem cells and more
>>Norma S. Kenyon, Ph.D.
When and why transplanted
insulin-producing cells lose
function over time; how to make them survive longer. 
>>Thomas Malek, Ph.D.
Focusing on "t-regulatory"
cells to prevent auto-
immune attack
>>Antonello Pileggi, M.D., Ph.D.
Protecting insulin-producing
cells and prolonging
function
>>Alberto Pugliese, M.D.
Trying to prevent auto-
immune attacks; and,
getting insulin-producing
cells to regenerate
>>Cherie Stabler, Ph.D.
Applying tissue engineering techniques and nano-
technology to protect
insulin-producing cells
>>Luigi Meneghini, M.D., M.B.A.
Continuously monitoring blood
sugar levels, as we get closer
to a "closed loop" system.


>> Read more about the latest research in the DRI's new interactive annual report.








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