islet transplant

I’m 24yo and was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes 10 months ago. Since then, I’ve spent a lot of time reading up on treatments and future cures. I keep coming across islet cell transplants. While not a cure, it does sound as though it can massively reduce your dependency on insulin, making day to...

For decades, immunologists have been trying to train the transplant recipient's immune system to accept transplanted cells and organs without the long-term use of anti-rejection drugs. New University of Minnesota preclinical research shows that this is now possible. In a study published in...

By instructing key immune system cells to accept transplanted insulin-producing islets, researchers have opened a potentially new pathway for treating type 1 diabetes. If the approach is ultimately successful in humans, it could allow type 1 diabetes to be treated without the long-term...

For DePaul Professor Judith Rae-Ross, 70, managing diabetes for over 20 years proved difficult most days as she struggled to compose herself through class teachings. “I remember asking my students a question one day, then feeling the ground underneath me move, and my head began to feel light,”...