Hathaway, PhD Diagnosis of acute rejection with the portal-enteric technique requires a percutaneous pancreas biopsy. A novel technique, the Roux-en-Y venting jejunostomy, has been used to monitor ...

However, in some cases, two other medical procedures are used: islet cell transplantation and whole pancreas transplantation.

Australian researchers are poised to become the first in the world to take pancreatic islet cells from genetically modified ...

The quest to cure diabetes didn’t start with stem cells. In 1966, doctors performed the first whole pancreas transplant in a ...

Pancreas and islet transplants, the fourth-line therapy, are very effective in achieving the composite target of eliminating SH with near-normal HbA 1c levels, but lifelong immunosuppressive ...

UAB's transplant program is one of the busiest in the nation, performing kidney, liver, pancreas and islet cell transplants, and is recognized by many to be the leader in research, education and ...

The hospital first received approval to perform the procedures in December of last year and completed the transplant of a pancreas and kidney for Taylor Iceman, who lives near Mansfield ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — The University of Toledo Medical Center has made a major step forward in life-changing surgeries as the hospital announced it successfully transplanted a pancreas. The recipient ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - The University of Toledo Medical Center performed nearly 200 kidney transplants in 2024. Now, after years of laying the groundwork, UTMC is now able to perform pancreas ...

In the past 15 years, over 250 patients have undergone pancreas transplantation at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. We currently offer both simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) and ...