For Dr. Daniel Gilada, a husband, physician and soon-to-be father of four, living with Type 1 diabetes had become “overwhelming.” “I felt so bad that it was becoming my new norm,” said Gilada, ...

Islet Transplantation with Blood Vessel Cells Shows Promise to Treat Type 1 Diabetes Adding engineered human blood vessel-forming cells to islet transplants boosted the survival of the ...

A "hybrid" immune system approach may prevent or cure Type 1 diabetes (T1D) by combining blood stem cell and islet cell transplants. The method uses a nonmyeloablative conditioning regimen to prevent ...

Doctors at UI Health performed the first islet transplant with Lantidra, the only therapy approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat brittle type 1 diabetes. A 69-year-old man from ...

Pancreas transplants are rare, but they may help some people with type 1 diabetes produce insulin on their own. Learn the ...

Dr. Mark Pescovitz answers the question: 'Role Of Islet Cell Transplantation?' — -- Question: What is the role of islet cell transplantation in the treatment of diabetes? Answer: Islet cells are ...

Non-toxic stem cell treatment restores insulin-producing cells and reverses type 1 diabetes in mice, offering hope for future ...

Adding engineered human blood vessel-forming cells to islet transplants boosted the survival of the insulin-producing cells and reversed diabetes in a preclinical study led by Weill Cornell Medicine ...

Chinese scientists claimed a breakthrough reversal of a patient’s type 1 diabetes in a world-first procedure where she was injected with stem cells harvested from her own body. In type 1 diabetes, ...

Her surgeons at University Medical Center say Galbraith is the first person in the Southwest to have an auto-islet cell transplant to treat the condition. "Auto" refers to the use of the patient's own ...