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Islet transplantation is a procedure that replaces only the cells required to normalize blood sugars -- cells that have already been lost because of diabetes.
Instead of major surgery, the procedure is performed in a radiology suite, and takes less than an hour.
In the late 1980’s, a pivotal advance was made when Dr. Camillo Ricordi developed the automated method for isolating these fragile cell clusters from a donor pancreas.This system dramatically increased the number of cells that could be obtained from one organ, and resulted in a surge in the number of islet transplants performed worldwide.
>>What Are Islet Cells?
>>How Are Islets Separated?
>>How Are Transplants Done?
>>Changing Lives
>>Next Steps
>>Clinical Trials
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