Abstract: | Cultures of human fetal pancreatic islet cells were transplanted into the liver of rats with diabetes induced by alloxan. This heterografting led to a prolonged fall of the blood sugar. Histological examination of the recipients'liver revealed groups of implanted islet cells.Laboratory of Pathomorphology, Research Institute of Transplantation and Artificial Organs, Ministry of Health of the USSR, Moscow. Translated from Byulleten' Éksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 89, No. 1, pp. 48–50, January, 1980. |