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Bridging the gap between islet allotransplantation and regulatory reform

Drug Discovery World

In fact, between 2016 and 2019 1 , only 11 patients in the US underwent this procedure, and all were part of clinical trials. The root of this issue lies in the outdated regulatory framework that classifies islet cells as drugs rather than organs or tissue.