This article reviews the scant literature that exists describing the interface between anesthesiologists and marrow donors and islet recipients, introduces the issues surrounding future stem cell transplantation technologies, and describes pretranslational cell transplant applications that are closest to clinical trials.
Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Anesthesiology Research Laboratories, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA. marie_csete@emoryhealthcare.org
