Cell Therapy for Diabetes Using Piscine Islet Tissue

The islet tissue, called Brockmann bodies, in certain teleost fish is anatomically distinct from the pancreatic exocrine tissue and can be easily identified macroscopically. Expensive islet isolation procedures, such as required when procuring islet tissue from mammalian pancreases, are unnecessary....

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Main Authors: James R. Wright M.D., Ph.D., Bill Pohajdak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2001-03-01
Series:Cell Transplantation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3727/000000001783986864