Pig islets xenotransplantation: recent progress and current perspectives
Islet xenotransplantation is a prospective treatment to bridge the gap between available human cells and needs of patients with diabetes. Pig is the ideal candidate to obtain such available islet cells. However, potential clinical application of pig islet transplantation still faces obstacles such a...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2014-03-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Surgery |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fsurg.2014.00007/full |