The Efficacy of an Immunoisolating Membrane System for Islet Xenotransplantation in Minipigs

The Efficacy of an Immunoisolating Membrane System for Islet Xenotransplantation in Minipigs

Developing a device that protects xenogeneic islets to allow treatment and potentially cure of diabetes in large mammals has been a major challenge in the past decade. Using xenogeneic islets for transplantation is required in light of donor shortage and the large number of diabetic patients that qu...

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Main Authors: Neufeld, Tova (Author), Ludwig, Barbara (Author), Barkai, Uriel (Author), Weir, Gordon C. (Author), Colton, Clark K. (Contributor), Evron, Yoav (Author), Balyura, Maria (Author), Yavriyants, Karina (Author), Zimermann, Baruch (Author), Azarov, Dmitri (Author), Maimon, Shiri (Author), Shabtay, Noa (Author), Rozenshtein, Tania (Author), Lorber, Dana (Author), Steffen, Anja (Author), Willenz, Udi (Author), Bloch, Konstantin (Author), Vardi, Pnina (Author), Taube, Ran (Author), de Vos, Paul (Author), Lewis, Eli C. (Author), Bornstein, Stefan R. (Author), Rotem, Avi (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science, 2013-09-30T13:08:37Z.
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