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  • Q: So why did the islet-cell infusions performed during the Edmonton Protocol in 1990 fail?

    Riva Greenberg: Curing Diabetes: How Close Are We? Riva Greenberg 2010

  • Say, what's really wrong with Steve Jobs and what are the medical odds of him returning after a third leave of absence presumably related to his 2003 diagnosis of islet-cell pancreatic cancer.

    What Really Merits Disclosure? Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011

  • Born into a wealthy Italian music publishing dynasty, he became the man who the night before Thanksgiving, harvested 220,000 islet cells from an American soldier's decimated pancreas, and led an islet-cell transplant through an Internet connection to save this solider from disabling diabetes.

    Riva Greenberg: Curing Diabetes: How Close Are We? Riva Greenberg 2010

  • Autologous pancreatic islet transplantation has been successfully carried out after total pancreatectomy for chronic pancreatitis, and allogeneic islet-cell transplantation

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • Autologous pancreatic islet transplantation has been successfully carried out after total pancreatectomy for chronic pancreatitis, and allogeneic islet-cell transplantation

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • Autologous pancreatic islet transplantation has been successfully carried out after total pancreatectomy for chronic pancreatitis, and allogeneic islet-cell transplantation

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • Autologous pancreatic islet transplantation has been successfully carried out after total pancreatectomy for chronic pancreatitis, and allogeneic islet-cell transplantation

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • Autologous pancreatic islet transplantation has been successfully carried out after total pancreatectomy for chronic pancreatitis, and allogeneic islet-cell transplantation

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • Autologous pancreatic islet transplantation has been successfully carried out after total pancreatectomy for chronic pancreatitis, and allogeneic islet-cell transplantation

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

  • Autologous pancreatic islet transplantation has been successfully carried out after total pancreatectomy for chronic pancreatitis, and allogeneic islet-cell transplantation

    Medlogs - Recent stories 2010

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