NEWS & EVENTS
Another islet transplantation in the Sernova Pouch study
Visitors from Medical University of Poznan in Poland
Three transplant surgeons led by Prof. Marek Karczewski MD PhD came for an intense training to establish a new pancreatic islet transplantation program in Poland.
4th Islet Transplantation at Medical University of Gdansk in Poland!
This is the 4rd pancreatic islet transplant in a patient with a kidney graft and poorly controlled type 1 diabetes, but the first one, where donor pancreas was procured in a distant city.
Congratulation Team Gdansk, great progress of the program.
Transplanting islet cells can fix brittle diabetes.
Why isn’t it available in the U.S.?
Dr. Camilo Ricordi points out regulatory barriers introduced by FDA, which leads to the extinction of islet transplantation in the US, while the rest of the world benefits from islet trials funded by US tax payers, due to less restrictive regulations.
First results of Islet Transplantation at Medical University of Gdansk in Poland were presented
during the 20th Congress of Polish Diabetes Society, Lublin, Poland. May 16-18.
3rd Islet Transplantation at Medical University of Gdansk in Poland!
This is the 3rd pancreatic islet transplant in a patient with a previous kidney transplant and poorly controlled type 1 diabetes, but the first one performed without our direct participation. Team Gdansk completed the procedure without complications. Congratulation.
We have 5 abstracts accepted for oral presentation
Congress of the International Pancreas and Islet Transplantation Association takes place every 2 years,
this year it is in Lyon, France on July 2nd-5th, 2019.
First patient in our new study has just received islet transplant into the Sernova Cell Pouch.
Pancreatic islets were infused into the Cell Pouch previously implanted into abdominal wall of our first patient. Patient is recovering very well while islet are engrafting .
Karolina carried out a second islet transplant in Gdansk, Poland.
Dr. Karolina Golab, our Lab Manager, flew to Poland for a second time to help to carry out an islet transplant procedure already in the second patient in Gdansk. We have been helping to develop that new and currently the only Islet Transplant Center in that country. She also went there and successfully isolated the islets during the first islet transplant in October of last year.
Great beginning of the New Year!
Congratulation to Dr. Golebiewska and the team.
Our manuscript has been just accepted for the publication in the Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery.
FIRST Pancreatic Islet Transplantion performed
at Medical University of Gdansk in Poland
after 7 years of close collaboration!
Sernova Islet Transplant Clinical Study
Enrollment has started !
Study Initiation Visit took place on October 18th.
"C4"- as explosives, should shake transplant community to bring new idea and solutions for especially challenging problems. This is a new type of articles in the American Journal of Transplantation. We proudly contributed to the first article of this type discussing optimization of organ allocation in the USA.
Our collaborators at Medical University of Gdansk in Poland are ready for the first clinical islet transplantation.
