Successful Islet Transplantation After Purification in Iodixanol-UWS • IPITA 1999 Sydney • @1MEMO 20260326

Our studies demonstrated the importance of selection of : 1) the non-toxic islet isolation media iodixanol and UWS , and 2) islets that survive culture, for successful transplantation.

Pig islets after isolation in Iodixanol-UWS • 7th IPITA World Congress 1999 • 1MEMO_20260326_1 • Michel van der Burg • Miracles•Media • TakeNode 467e773c-fc4b-416e-99d5-c88df76ddff4

Josephine Rijkelijkhuizen at the 7th IPITA World Congress 1999 • 1MEMO_20260326_4 • Photo by Michel van der Burg • Miracles•Media • TakeNode 0c2ef6fb-bdff-4895-9dde-eb242f957cb9


Top 10 Paper

Our study — presented by our student researcher Josephine Rijkelijkhuizen —showing that cultured pig islets, isolated and purified in Iodixanol-UWS, can be transplanted without hyperacute rejection in cynomolgous monkeys , was selected in the top 10 outstanding studies at the memorable Sidney World Congress of the International Pancreas & Islet Transplant Association and the full paper included in a special issue of the journal Cell Transplantation .

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