A Large-Animal Model to Evaluate the Clinical Potential of Fetal Pig Pancreas Fragment Transplantation

The long-term goal of this study is to assess the feasibility of using fetal pig pancreas fragment (FPPF) transplantation to treat patients with type I diabetes. Using the highly inbred Westran Pigs, our initial aim was to establish a rejection-free transplant model of FPPF grafted into sibling reci...

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Main Authors: Wayne J. Hawthorne, Adrian R. Cachia, Stacey N. Walters, Anita T. Patel, Janelle E. Clarke, Philip J. O'connell, Jeremy R. Chapman, Richard D. M. Allen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2000-11-01
Series:Cell Transplantation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/096368970000900613