Pancreatic Islet Cryopreservation by Vitrification Achieves High Viability, Function, Recovery and Clinical Scalability for Transplantation

Porcine and human stem cell-beta islets made insulin in xenotransplant models, and mouse islets tested in a marginal mass syngeneic transplant model cured diabetes in 92% of recipients within 24–48 hours after transplant.