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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Australian scientists have identified one way of making a frustratingly tricky transplant ? of insulin-producing ?islets of Langerhans? into patients with Type 1 diabetes ? more successful.
The islets of Langerhans are the part of the pancreas that produce insulin.
A Sydney team, part of the Commonwealth-funded Australian Islet Transplant Consortium formed in 2006, has found that islets are severely handicapped from the outset. Before they ever reach their mark, they are full of inflammatory molecules, much like stressed or damaged tissue.
http://sciencealert.com.au/news/20121303-23211.html
The islets of Langerhans are the part of the pancreas that produce insulin.
A Sydney team, part of the Commonwealth-funded Australian Islet Transplant Consortium formed in 2006, has found that islets are severely handicapped from the outset. Before they ever reach their mark, they are full of inflammatory molecules, much like stressed or damaged tissue.
http://sciencealert.com.au/news/20121303-23211.html