Transplantation of pancreatic islet cells could provide a cure for diabetes. However, it has been difficult to obtain sufficient numbers of purified islets from a single cadaver pancreas. Stem cell technology may someday overcome this limitation, and may also make possible the use of autologous tissues (278–282).
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Sachs, D., Bonner-Weir, S. New islets from old. Nat Med 6, 250–251 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/73079
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