ASSESSMENT OF PANCREATIC ISLET TRANSPLANTS USING IN VIVO BIOLUMINESCENCE IMAGING

Pancreatic islet transplantation is a promising treatment for type 1 diabetes. However, current efforts to study islet transplantations are hampered by the lack of a non-invasive method of imaging islets and quantifying islet mass post transplantation. Transplanted pancreatic islets can be imaged an...

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Main Author: Virostko, John Michael
Other Authors: Al Powers
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: VANDERBILT 2003
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Online Access:http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-12032003-162124/