http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Minimally invasive islet transplantation for patients with type 1 diabetes achieves insulin independence and reverses the progression of atherosclerosis in the first few years after transplant, according to a University of Illinois at Chicago study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-islet-transplant-atherosclerosis.html Diabetes Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:04:04 EST news278597037 A study published in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (21:8), now freely available on-line, reports that a team of researchers in South Korea have successfully engineered islet cell clusters (ICCs) that will improve pancreatic islet transplantation and offer promise for curing diabetes mellitus. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-islet-cell-advancement-impact-transplantation.html Medical research Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:54:58 EST news273239689 The Japanese Pancreas and Islet Transplantation Association (JPITA) is preparing for the nation's first transplantation of pancreatic islets from a brain-dead donor to a patient with Type 1 diabetes, it was learned Saturday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-pancreatic-islets-infusion-diabetes-patient.html Diabetes Wed, 16 May 2012 18:50:01 EST news256409395