Transplant advance for type 1 diabetes

[Northerner]

The new technique avoided having to use immune-suppressing medications, while still allowing the islet cells to function and make insulin. In theory, the chamber ?hid? the transplanted islet cells from the patient?s immune system, the researchers explained. Islet cells are normally found in the human pancreas. One critical function of these cells is producing insulin ? a hormone crucial for metabolizing the carbohydrates in food. In people with type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disease, the islet cells have been destroyed by the body?s own immune system.

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