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Islet implantation in a pocket

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Exploiting the foreign body reaction creates a prevascularized space that accommodates and supports transplanted islets.

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Figure 1: Islet preparation and sites for implantation.

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  1. Jonathan S. Bromberg is in the Departments of Surgery and Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Inflammatory and Vascular Diseases, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.,

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Bromberg, J. Islet implantation in a pocket. Nat Biotechnol 33, 493–494 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3216

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