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  • Drug-delivering capsules could sustain transplant insulin-producing cells for diabetics

    Feb 12, 2018 10:30 am by Liz AhlbergResearch
    Illinois professor Kyekyoon ”Kevin” Kim, graduate student Benjamin Lew and research scientist Hyungsoo Choi . Photo by L. B. Stauffer

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    • Illinois professor Kyekyoon ”Kevin” Kim, graduate student Benjamin Lew and research scientist Hyungsoo Choi . Photo by L. B. Stauffer

    A drug-carrying microsphere within a cell-bearing microcapsule could be the key to transplanting insulin-secreting pig pancreas cells into human patients