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Human Pancreatic Islet Isolation: Part I: Digestion and Collection of Pancreatic Tissue
Published on: May 26, 2009
Preservation and storage of pancreatic islets
1Division of Transplantation, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York.
Transplantation
|February 1, 1994
Abstract:
UW solution is currently the best available for short-term cold storage of pancreatic islets for up to 3-5 days, culture for up to 10-14 days, and cryopreservation for longer periods. More research needs to be done to find a better solution, specifically for cold storage of islets. It seems that such a solution is likely to be a derivative of the UW solution.
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