Transplants

Rudy Bilous, MD, FRCP Richard Donnelly, MD, PHD, FRCP, FRACP Diabetic nephropathy is a clinical diagnosis based upon the detection of proteinuria in a patient with diabetes in the absence of another obvious cause such as infection. Many of these patients will also be hypertensive, have retinopathy and, in advanced stages, renal …

Researchers believe that microbes may influence our decisions by releasing signaling molecules into our gut…. 

Results are promising but rejection rate is higher with deceased donor transplants…. 

Higher C-peptide levels are also associated with better long-term microvascular health including retinopathy…. 

University of Missouri School of Medicine researchers have received three U.S. patents for methods that cured type 1 diabetes in mice via a major discovery….

Anne Peters, MD, and Lori Laffel, MD, MPH, Editors Jane Lee Chiang, MD, Managing Editor Andrew M. Posselt, MD, PhD, FACS, and Peter Stock, MD, PhD Follow this link for Part 1: Beta-Cell Replacement (See also our recent interview on the use of pig islets in Phase 3 trials with …

Anne Peters, MD, and Lori Laffel, MD, MPH, Editors Jane Lee Chiang, MD, Managing Editor Andrew M. Posselt, MD, PhD, FACS, and Peter Stock, MD, PhD The goal of curing type 1 diabetes (T1D) is best achieved with beta-cell replacement therapy because this allows physiologic blood glucose control. Currently, the …

The Future of Islet Transplantation Steve Freed: Please give tell us a little bit about yourself, and your field of interest. Dr. Eli Lewis: I studied in the medical school at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Israel. During medical school, I was infatuated by medical research. I then completed …

Liver transplant recipients must be careful when diagnosed with NODAT (New Onset Diabetes After Transplantation) and dyslipidemia because of the effect these conditions have on graft and patient survival….

Pancreas transplant alone (PTA) may be a viable option for fragile individuals with uncontrolled diabetes due to its promising outcomes….