Posted by kp'r on 8/23/2004, 7:24 pm, in reply to "Re: Promising procedure for diabetes"
Hadn't seen the more recent info--it now takes only TWO donor pancreases to get enough cells to do an islet cell transplant, and usually they are organs that aren't appropriate for transplant in the whole form. Hope that helps keep accurate info out there.
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