An overview of the current status of islet cell transplantation as a treatment for diabetes mellitus. Islet cell transplantation, artificial pancreas, or genetic insulin synthesis offer possibilities for physiologic glucose regulation.
D000818:Animals; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000601:surgery*; D006648:Histocompatibility; D006801:Humans; D016381:Islets of Langerhans Transplantation; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014181:Transplantation Immunology; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous / Q000379:methods