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Students Invent a Protective Pouch to Hold Transplanted Beta Cells
July 25, 2007
A team of five seniors and two freshmen at Johns Hopkins University has devised a little “pouch” to hold microcapsules of beta cells in the portal vein, from which the cells can send out insulin while safely protected inside.
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