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Diabetes is a disorder of metabolism--the way our bodies use digested food for growth and energy. Most of the food we eat is broken down into glucose, the form of sugar in the blood. Glucose is the main source of fuel for the body. After digestion, glucose passes into the bloodstream, where it is used by cells for growth and energy. For glucose to get into cells, insulin must be present. Insulin is a hormone produced by the pancreas, a large gland behind the stomach. When we eat, the pancr... 
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A pancreas transplant is an organ transplant that involves replacing the pancreas of a person who has diabetes with a healthy pancreas that can make insulin. The healthy pancreas comes from a donor who has just died or from a living relative. A person can donate half a pancreas and still live normally. At present, pancreas transplants are usually performed in persons with insulin-dependent diabetes who have severe complications. ...
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Diabetes as related to Pancreas Transplantation
- MedlinePlus: Pancreas Transplantation
An Insulin-Free Treatment for Type 1 Diabetes (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) Pancreas Transplantation (Cleveland Clinic Foundation) Pancreas Transplantation (American Diabetes ...
- Pancreas Transplantation - All About Diabetes - American Diabetes ...
In people with type 1 diabetes, the islet cells in the pancreas no longer produce insulin. ... Whole pancreas transplantation. In people with type 1 diabetes, the islet cells in the pancreas no ...
- Transplantation - American Diabetes Association
Pancreas Transplantation In people with type 1 diabetes, the islet cells in the pancreas no longer produce insulin. So it seems logical that giving a new pancreas to a person with type 1 diabetes ...
- Pancreas transplantation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A pancreas transplant is an organ transplant that involves implanting a healthy pancreas (one that can produce insulin) into a person who has diabetes . Typically, the recipient's existing pancreas is ...
- Pancreas and Islet Transplantation for Patients With Diabetes
R. Paul Robertson, MD, Connie Davis, MD, Jennifer Larsen, MD, Robert Stratta, MD, and David E.R. Sutherland, MD, PhD
- Pancreas and Islet Transplantation for Patients With Diabetes
D uring an initial visit earlier this year with a 55-year-old woman who had a 31-year history of type 1 diabetes, the patient told me that an islet cell transplant would be needed as soon as ...
- Pancreas/Pancreas-Kidney/Pancreatic Islet Cell Transplantation
Control of metabolic glucose is intended to prevent, halt, or reverse the secondary complications of insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). Pancreas transplantation is not generally ...
- Pancreas transplantation in type 1 diabetes.
description ... Robertson P, Davis C, Larsen J, Stratta R, Sutherland DE. Pancreas transplantation in type 1 diabetes
- Whole Pancreas Transplantation
Whole Pancreas Transplantation ... organ pancreas transplantation for nonuremic patients remains a high-risk procedure and should be considered only for the patient with major problems with diabetes ...
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