Very interesting and promising. A related approach is to implant the islets in a "pocket" under the skin, which supposedly is easier to monitor and requires le

Very interesting and promising. A related approach is to implant the islets in a "pocket" under the skin, which supposedly is easier to monitor and requires less immuno-suppressing drugs [1,2]. [1] http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v33/n5/full/nbt.3216.html http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v33/n5/full/nbt.3216.html "mirrored" here http://www.cnd.mcgill.ca/~ivan/Papers/islets_nbt.3216.pdf http://www.cnd.mcgill.ca/~ivan/Papers/islets_nbt.3216.pdf [2] http://www.pnas.org/content/110/47/19054.full.pdf http://www.pnas.org/content/110/47/19054.full.pdf