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Josef Oberholzer is a Transplant Surgeon and a General Surgeon in Charlottesville, Virginia. Dr. Oberholzer is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Islet Cell Transplantation. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Obesity, Islet Cell Transplantation, and Pancreas Transplant.
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Gregory Beilman is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dr. Beilman is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Islet Cell Transplantation. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Pancreatitis, Childhood Pancreatitis, Hereditary Pancreatitis, Pancreatectomy, and Islet Cell Transplantation.
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Michael Rickels is an Endocrinologist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Rickels is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Islet Cell Transplantation. His top areas of expertise are Low Blood Sugar, Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency, Islet Cell Transplantation, and Pancreatectomy.
Summary: The purpose of this study is to learn about the safety of islet transplantation for Type 1 diabetes mellitus, which may provide more normal control of blood sugar without the need for insulin shots. Islets are special clusters of cells within the pancreas that produce insulin. These cells will be obtained from cadaver (non-living) donors and given to subjects by vein.
Summary: AT-1501 is a monoclonal antibody. Antibodies are Y-shaped proteins that are produced naturally by the subject's immune system to attack and fight foreign substances that cause illness. Monoclonal antibodies are man-made proteins manufactured to serve as substitute antibodies to fight diseases. Monoclonal antibodies can restore, enhance, or mimic (copy) the immune system's attack process; they can ...