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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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Andrew Posselt is a General Surgeon in San Francisco, California. Dr. Posselt is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Islet Cell Transplantation. His top areas of expertise are Obesity, Chronic Pancreatitis, Hereditary Pancreatitis, Islet Cell Transplantation, and Sleeve Gastrectomy.
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Xunrong Luo is a Transplant Surgeon in Durham, North Carolina. Dr. Luo is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in Islet Cell Transplantation. Her top areas of expertise are End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), Chronic Antibody-Mediated Rejection, Vitamin D Deficiency, Islet Cell Transplantation, and Kidney Transplant. Dr. Luo is currently accepting new patients.
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 ...