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SUBMITTER: Welsch CA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6392394 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Welsch Carole A CA Rust William L WL Csete Marie M
Stem cells translational medicine 20181112 3
We examined data and patterns in clinical islet transplant studies registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (CTgov) for treatment of type 1 diabetes (T1D), with a goal of extracting insights to apply in the design of a pluripotent stem cell-derived islet therapy. Clinical islet transplantation, as a cell therapy (rather than solid organ transplant) is a unique precedent for stem cell-based islet therapies. Registration activity shows that the field is not growing significantly, and newer registrations s ...[more]