The treatment of diabetes mellitus by transplantation of isolated pancreatic islets is an approach that remains the subject of research by a large number of investigators throughout the world. A crucial requirement for the success of this enterprise is the ability to prepare viable isolated islets in adequate quantity. Over the years numerous descriptions of procedures for islet isolation from the pancreas of experimental animals and of man have been advanced; each claiming to be an improvement on previous methods. Indeed, there certainly have been advances, although few techniques live up to the claims that are made in their support Part of the problem is the generally poor methodology
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