Science news articles about 'donor pancreas'

... with fewer side effects. In islet transplantation, clusters of islets are extracted from a donor pancreas and infused into the recipient’s liver. In a successful transplant, the islets become ...

... human islet cell transplantation. The islet cells from a donor pancreas produce robust amounts of insulin ... type of white blood cell from the islet donor's spleen, called splenocytes, and treated them ...

CHICAGO, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Doctors have tricked mouse immune systems into "thinking" cells from a donor pancreas are theirs, bringing hope to diabetes patients, U.S. researchers said.