ea0003s28 | Cell Based Therapies for Treating Neuroendocrine Disease | BES2002
Docherty K
The need for new therapeutic options in diabetes has become increasingly apparent. Until recently transplantation of isolated islets has had limited success. The Edmonton Protocol has described how many of the problems can be overcome, but has highlighted the need to develop methods of expanding islets cells in culture to provide sufficient tissue to meet the potentially huge demand for this treatment. We have focused on three approaches: 1. deriving replicating human Beta cel...