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MSH: The transference of a pancreas from one human or animal to another.,CSP: transferring pancreatic cells or tissue, or whole pancreas, within an individual or between individuals of the same or different species; for specific pancreatic islet cells use PANCREATIC ISLET CELL TRANSPLANTATION.,MEDLINEPLUS: <p>The pancreas is an organ that makes insulin and enzymes that help the body digest and use food. A pancreas transplant is surgery to place a healthy pancreas from a donor into a person with a diseased pancreas. A common reason for this type of damage is diabetes. Pancreas transplants can enable people with <a href='http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/diabetestype1.html'>type 1 diabetes</a> to give up insulin shots. An experimental procedure called <a href='http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/isletcelltransplantation.html'>islet cell transplantation</a> transplants only the parts of the pancreas that make insulin.</p><p>People who have transplants must take drugs to keep their body from rejecting the new pan