Islet Cell Transplantation Overview
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Ascension St John Hospital
Paul Burgoyne is a Family Medicine provider in St Clair Shores, Michigan. Dr. Burgoyne and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Islet Cell Transplantation. His top areas of expertise are Hypertension, Familial Hypertension, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, Osmotic Diuresis, and Islet Cell Transplantation. Dr. Burgoyne is currently accepting new patients.
Regents Of The University Of Michigan
Randall Sung is a General Surgeon in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Sung and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Islet Cell Transplantation. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Liver Failure, Kidney Transplant, and Simultaneous Pancreas Kidney Transplant. Dr. Sung is currently accepting new patients.
Regents Of The University Of Michigan
Eric Buras is an Endocrinologist in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dr. Buras and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Islet Cell Transplantation. His top areas of expertise are Panhypopituitarism, Neurohypophyseal Diabetes Insipidus, Low Blood Sugar, Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), and Islet Cell Transplantation.
Summary: This clinical study will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of Gastrin treatment with islet transplantation to help patients with difficult to control type 1 diabetes make insulin again and improve blood sugar control. This study involves two investigational (experimental) products not yet approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a treatment for any disease: 1. Human allogenic...
Summary: Islet Transplantation is a procedure used in people with difficult to control Type 1 Diabetes. Insulin producing cells (islets) are isolated from a deceased donor pancreas. After the cells are carefully isolated from the donor pancreas, the islets are transplanted into the recipient's liver. These transplanted islets may produce insulin. One of the challenges with islet transplant is the death of ...