JDRF funds research into pig islet transplantation
Posted on May 3, 2010
JDRF has announced a one year industry partnership with an Australian company to support a clinical trial into the use of encapsulated pig islets to treat type 1 diabetes.
The trial, being conducted in New Zealand by Living Cell Technologies, involves eight adult patients with established type 1 diabetes and hypoglycemia unawareness – a constant inability to sense when blood glucose levels are dropping dangerously low.
Tags : clinical trial, encapsulation, islet cells, NHMRC, xenotransplantation
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