Talk:Islet cell transplantation

Public domain source
PLoS Medicine has a nice article about ict which is in the public domain, so could be used as a base for expanding this article. I was wondering if that means the image in the article is also in the public domain and could be used here?? --WS 00:07, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Also public domain: http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/pancreaticislet/ --WS 00:12, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

NEJM article 9/28
I have added the reference to the diabetes article, but though someone might want to do the same for the study in this week's NEJM InvictaHOG 12:19, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

NICE
NICE has offered guidance for this procedure: http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/index.jsp?action=byId&o=11963 JFW | T@lk  07:21, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Encapsulated cells - size of enclosure found to influence immune response
I am not sure where this should go, or if it should go anywhere. In this article, I don't want to contaminate the medical nature of the article. I thought it might fit in Diabetes mellitus type 1, but I think that an overhaul of that section would be needed to include ongoing research on islet cell transplantation rather than simply adding this one observation. The citation in question &rarr;. --User:Ceyockey ( talk to me ) 01:54, 21 May 2015 (UTC)

Fully functional adult beta cells successfully grown in lab
Early 2019, fully functional adult beta cells were grown in a lab for the first time. These cells have a normal insulin response. Previous attempts produced only immature beta cells with erratic insulin responses. This is an essential step forward for the islet cell transplantation based on lab-grown beta cells, because it solves the beta cell supply problem (beta cells no longer need to be harvested from dead people), and because it is the person's own tissue, so once the faulty immune response can be fixed, these cells would not be rejected, and immunosuppressants would not be needed. It would be a true cure. https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2019/02/413186/functional-insulin-producing-cells-grown-lab Thax10010 (talk) 16:51, 18 December 2019 (UTC)