Transplantation Proceedings
Volume 42, Issue 6 , Pages 2027-2031 , July 2010

Islet Isolation From Human Pancreas With Extended Cold Ischemia Time

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 The islet isolations described in this article were in part supported by an islet contract with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF contract #31-2008-620).

PII: S0041-1345(10)00764-5

doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2010.05.099

Transplantation Proceedings
Volume 42, Issue 6 , Pages 2027-2031 , July 2010