DiabetesMines reports on InSight Technology on the 5th of July, 2011
The website DiabetesMines reports on the transplantation of pancreatic islet cells into the anterior chamber of the eye, being performed at the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) in Florida. Using the eye as a local transplantation site reduces the amount of insulin needed in diabetic animals and may eliminate the need for systemic immunosuppression with its associated negative side effects. Also, the concept of using the eye as a viable transplantation site offers a novel way of monitoring the transplanted cells over time.
Read more: Studying Islet Transplantation in Eyeballs, DiabetesMines.com, July 5th, 2013