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Xenotransplantation of embryonic pig pancreas for treatment of diabetes mellitus in non-human primates

Transplantation therapy for diabetes in humans is limited by the low availability of human donor whole pancreas or islets. Outcomes are complicated by immunosuppressive drug toxicity. Xenotransplantation is a strategy to overcome supply problems. Implantation of tissue obtained early during embryoge...

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Main Author: Hammerman, Marc R.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3848958/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24312695
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4236/jbise.2013.65A002
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