On behalf of the UK Islet Transplant Consortium (UKITC)
Affiliations
P. Johnson
Director of the Oxford DRWF Islet Isolation Facility, Director of the Islet Transplant Programme, and Chair of the NHSBT UK Islet Steering Group, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK
On behalf of the UK Islet Transplant Consortium (UKITC)
This commentary outlines the development and current status of the UK Islet Transplant Programme in the UK. The author makes the case that it is now time for similar fully funded beta-cell programmes to be made available in many other countries as well.
