Original Article

Pancreas Transplantation and the Artificial Pancreas: Status of Current Experimental Approaches*

Authors: PHILIP W. FELTS, MD

Abstract

Insulin by injection is now the only effective medicinal treatment for the ketosis-prone diabetic patient. Alternative means of therapy are being actively investigated and, while none of these at the moment are other than experimental, they do hold promise for future diabetics.

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