A scientific technique that rapidly increases the body's production of anti-inflammatory cells promoted healing from heart attacks in mice, according to a new study by investigators from the Smidt ...

A sickle cell gene therapy treatment has allowed a Long Island man to turn a chapter in his life, with doctors declaring him ...

The prevalence of diabetes has alarmingly increased in both developed and developing countries in recent years. The ...

Tegoprubart used as a key component of immunosuppression regimen in the second transplant of a genetically modified pig kidney into a human conducted at Massachusetts General Hospital Announced positi ...

A research team has successfully developed an innovative platform for diabetes treatment using bioink derived from pancreatic ...

of ongoing type 1 diabetes study showing that hypoimmune-modified pancreatic islet cells transplanted without immunosuppression overcome autoimmune and allogeneic immune recognition, function, and ...

Objective: Somatostatin (SST) is secreted by islet δ-cells and by extraislet neuroendocrine cells. SST receptors have been identified on α- and β-cells, and exogenous SST inhibits insulin and ...

Clinical islet transplantation is gaining acceptance as a potential therapy, particularly for subjects who have labile diabetes or problems with hypoglycemic awareness. The risks of the procedure ...

Islet transplantation is a procedure in which insulin-producing cell clusters (islets) are purified from a deceased organ donor pancreas and transplanted into a type 1 diabetic patient. The ...

The work suggests the lungs could be a potent source for life-saving stem cell transplants. "For decades, bone marrow transplants have been a lynchpin in the treatment of cancers like leukemia ...