Favorable outcome of experimental islet xenotransplantation without immunosuppression in a nonhuman primate model of diabetes

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Transplantation of macroencapsulated human islets within the bioartificial pancreas βAir to patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus
Per-Ola Carlsson1,2 | Daniel Espes1,2 | Amir Sedigh3 | Avi Rotem4 | Baruch Zimerman4 | Helena Grinberg4 | Tali Goldman4 | Uriel Barkai4 | Yuval Avni4 | Gunilla T. Westermark1 | Lina Carlbom3 | Håkan Ahlström3,5 | Olof Eriksson6 | Johan Olerud7 | Olle Korsgren7

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