The National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Disease

Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) Special Statutory Funding Program

Research Consortia and Clinical Trials Networks

Islet Cell Biology

Beta Cell Biology Consortium (BCBC)
The mission of the BCBC is to facilitate interdisciplinary approaches that will advance understanding of pancreatic islet cell development and function. The long-term scientific goal is to develop a cell-based therapy to restore normal insulin production and action to diabetic patients. More Information

Islet Cell Resource Centers (ICRs)
The three major goals of the ICRs are: 1) to provide pancreatic islets of cGMP-quality to eligible investigators for use in FDA approved, IRB-approved transplantation protocols; 2) to optimize the harvest, purification, function, storage, and shipment of islets while developing tests that characterize the quality and predict the effectiveness of islets transplanted into patients with diabetes mellitus; and 3) to provide pancreatic islets for basic science studies. More Information

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