Researchers Awarded Grant to Study New Method of Islet Transplantation
Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have received a two-year $500,000 grant from JDRF to evaluate an innovative approach to islet cell transplantation, an experimental treatment for difficult-to-control type 1 diabetes. The research will be conducted in mouse models of this disease.
Type 1 diabetes is a condition in which the pancreas makes little to no insulin, a hormone that regulates blood sugar....
