For Dr. Daniel Gilada, a husband, physician and soon-to-be father of four, living with Type 1 diabetes had become “overwhelming.” “I felt so bad that it was becoming my new norm,” said Gilada, ...

For patients with brittle Type 1 diabetes, low blood sugar can be fatal. But CellTrans, spun out of decades of UI Health research, has developed an FDA-approved therapy to transplant insulin-producing ...

Islet Transplantation with Blood Vessel Cells Shows Promise to Treat Type 1 Diabetes Adding engineered human blood vessel-forming cells to islet transplants boosted the survival of the ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas that can eventually lead to the organ's failure. It's rare in children, but treatment options are few. For local families, a chance ...

Dr. Mark Pescovitz answers the question: 'Role Of Islet Cell Transplantation?' — -- Question: What is the role of islet cell transplantation in the treatment of diabetes? Answer: Islet cells are ...

First-in-Human Study Provides Evidence that Sana’s Hypoimmune (HIP) Technology Enables Transplanted Islet Cells to Avoid Immune Rejection and Produce Insulin Without Immunosuppression Results ...

Doctors at UI Health performed the first islet transplant with Lantidra, the only therapy approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat brittle type 1 diabetes. A 69-year-old man from ...

Organ and cell transplants are potentially life-saving treatments for a variety of medical conditions, but their success depends on how long the transplanted cells or tissues can survive in their new ...