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Effect of Over 10-Year Cryopreserved Encapsulated Pancreatic Islets Of Langerhans.
Experimental and clinical transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation - 1 Aug 2018
Kinasiewicz Joanna, Antosiak-Iwanska Magdalena, Godlewska Ewa, Sitarek Elzbieta, Sabat Marek, Fiedor Piotr, Granicka Ludomira
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Immunoisolation of pancreatic islets of Langerhans performed by the encapsulation process may be a method to avoid immunosuppressive therapy after transplant. The main problem related to islet transplant is shortage of human pancreata. Resolution of this obstacle may be cryopreservation of encapsulated islets, which enables collection of sufficient numbers of isolated islets required for transplant...
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