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15251378

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-7-14
pubmed:abstractText
Pancreatic islet transplantation can replace functional insulin-secreting beta cells for patients with type 1 diabetes. More than 300 patients who have received islet transplantation have returned to a euglycemic condition without using insulin. Therefore, islet transplantation has gained public attention and interest. Unfortunately, shortages in organ donations, suboptional antirejection regimens, and difficulties in islet isolation limit clinical utilization of this therapy. Recently, successful islet transplantation has been reported using a centralized islet isolation facility. The advantage of this experience is that it avoids the high costs in building an isolation facility and maintaining an experienced technical team. However, a private airplane carrier was required for transporting islets back to the transplantation site in a remote hospital. The cost of this specialized transportation was still too high to be considered as a routine procedure. In this study, we report our experience using commercial carriers to deliver isolated human islets from an established isolation facility to a remote medical center.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0041-1345
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2004 Elsevier Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
36
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1532-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Assessment of human pancreatic islets after long distance transportation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA. zy4q@virginia.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't