Our blood consists of many cell types that develop through different stages from a precursor type -- the blood stem cell. An international research team has now investigated the developmental pathways ...

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 ...

Results of a phase I/II clinical trial of CALEC, limbal epithelial cell grafts generated by an innovative and rigorously standardized manufacturing protocol, showing safety and feasibility for ...

The discovery could lead to more effective bone marrow transplants and gene therapies. Stem cells are immature cells that have a basic regenerative role in virtually all tissues. They normally exist ...

eight months after the transplant due to "chronic" contact lens use. Other adverse events were minor and resolved quickly following the procedures. The researchers say the study shows the "promise" of ...

Panel discussion details: Organ transplantation is one of the greatest innovations ... The company’s lead program is an islet cell therapy for type 1 diabetes in which insulin-producing beta cells are ...

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 ...