News & Events: Islet Transplantation

UCSF News, reporting on the 14th World Congress of the International Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association (IPITA), highlighed improving results in  islet cell transplantation: For the worst cases of type 1 diabetes, islet transplantation already has freed hundreds of people from complete dependence on insulin and from life-threatening consequences of the disease. "However, the procedure still is regarded as experimental by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Islets are clusters of insulin-making cells in the pancreas that are destroyed in people with type 1 diabetes. After [...]