Dr. Casey J Ward, United States
Reversal of diabetes and preservation of pancreatic islet grafts in the extrahepatic space with novel parathyroid gland co-transplantation (Video Available)
Mr. Tung Thanh Pham, Korea
Local attenuation of immunoreaction in xenogeneic islet transplantation by controlled release of a low-dose FK506 using polydopamine-coated polymeric microspheres immobilized on pancreatic islet surface (Video Available)
Prof. Ekaterine Berishvili, Switzerland
Islet heterospheroids generated from islet cells and amniotic epithelial cells reverse diabetes after marginal mass transplantation in a murine model (Video Available)
Dr. Takayuki Anazawa, Japan
A simple and promising strategy for pancreatic islet preconditioning to reduce immunogenicity and improve islet graft longevity (Video Available)
Gina R. Rayat, Canada
Cyanidin-3-O-glucoside treatment of human islets in vitro leads to an augmentation of autophagic flux and a decreased in inflammatory cell markers (Video Available)
James Gardner, United States
Ten year insulin-independence in select islet transplant recipients receiving CNI-sparing immunosuppression with either costimulation blockade or anti-LFA1