Advances in islet replacement therapy: can we offer a potential cure to people with diabetes?

Advances in islet replacement therapy: can we offer a potential cure to people with diabetes?

Advances in islet replacement therapy: can we offer a potential cure to people with diabetes? (149819)

Jenny Gunton ¹

Garvan Institute, Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia

Pancreas transplantation provides a successful, and durable cure for type 1 diabetes. However, because it is major surgery, and requires life-long 'heavy' immue suppression, it is only suitable for a relatively small number of people with T1D. This presentation will discuss islet transplantation, xeno-islet transplantation and stem-cell-derived islet transplantation, including potential for human trials of xeno-islet transplantation and stem-cell-derived islet transplantation in Australia.

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Gunton, J

Professor Jenny Gunton heads the Centre for Diabetes, Obesity and Endocrinology Research (CDOER) and Westmead Institute for Medical Research (WIMR). She is Chair of Medicine at Westmead Hospital and a clinical endocrinologist / diabetologist. In 2012 she became the President of the Australian Diabetes Society and in 2014 became Chair of Medicine at Sydney University, Westmead Hospital. Her lab moved to the new WIMR in late 2014. Her research interests include diabetes, obesity, and vitamin D. She is particularly interested in the intersection of transcription factors and their regulation by nutrients.

Advances in islet replacement therapy: can we offer a potential cure to people with diabetes? (149819)

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