In a retrospective multicentre study of patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus, islet transplantation was associated with sustained HbA1c levels of <7% and freedom from severe hypoglycaemia for 5 years in 60% of immunosuppressed recipients, including those with recurrent severe pretransplant hypoglycaemia. Will islet transplant utilization in patient care now expand?
- Bernhard J. Hering
- Melena D. Bellin