Islet Cell Xenotransplantation: Where Is It Now?

In most areas of diabetes research, you don’t hear much until there’s a big breakthrough of some sort. And then it goes dark again.That’s what happened several years ago on the then-hot topic of xenotransplantation, or the sourcing of islet cells …

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