Pancreas, Islet and Stem Cell Transplantation for Diabetes

1: The history of pancreas transplantation 2: The nature of the problem: why do we need pancreatic transplantation? 3: Experimental models in whole organ pancreatic transplantation 4: Indications, patient evaluation and selection 5: Donor management and selection in pancreas transplantation 6: Procurement and benchwork preparation of the pancreatic graft 7: Pancreas preservation 8: Surgical techniques of pancreas transplantation 9: Immunosuppression for pancreas transplantation 10: Pancreatic rejection: histology, diagnosis and treatment 11: Surgical complications of pancreas transplantation 12: Medical and urological complications of pancreas and kidney/ pancreas transplantation 13: Post-transplant glucose intolerance 14: Long term metabolic and other consequences of pancreas and islet transplantation 15: Quality issues in pancreas transplantation 16: Pancreas transplantation using living donors 17: Pancreas transplant outcomes for United States (US) cases as reported to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) and the International Pancreas Transplant Registry (IPTR) 18: Insulin Gene Therapy 19: A historical view for the development of cellular and islet transplantation 20: Fetal and neonatal pancreatic tissue transplantation 21: Experimental approaches to the prevention of islet rejection 22: Suitable donor selection, techniques of islet isolation and purification for human islet allograft transplantation 23: Outcomes and clinical effectiveness of islet transplantation 24: Islet auto-transplantation 25: Approaches to immunological tolerance and potential application in pancreatic islet transplantation 26: History of pancreatic stem cell transplantation and alternative islet sources 27: Stem cell therapy for the treatment of diabetes 28: Future challenges in Beta cell replacement therapies 29: Beta cell regenearation in the post-natal pancreas 30: Gene and stem cell therapy for diabetes