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The Missing Piece — SARS-CoV-2 Testing and School Reopening by Rafiei, Yasmin, Mello, Michelle M

“…Most U.S. school reopening plans focus on screening for Covid-19 symptoms. But because an estimated 40% of Covid-19 cases are asymptomatic and 50% of…”
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Transplantation of Human Pancreatic Endoderm Cells Reverses Diabetes Post Transplantation in a Prevascularized Subcutaneous Site by Pepper, Andrew R., Pawlick, Rena, Bruni, Antonio, Wink, John, Rafiei, Yasmin, O’Gorman, Doug, Yan-Do, Richard, Gala-Lopez, Boris, Kin, Tatsuya, MacDonald, Patrick E., Shapiro, A.M. James

“…Beta-cell replacement therapy is an effective means to restore glucose homeostasis in select humans with autoimmune diabetes. The scarcity of “healthy” human…”
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Harnessing the Foreign Body Reaction in Marginal Mass Device-less Subcutaneous Islet Transplantation in Mice by Pepper, Andrew R, Pawlick, Rena, Bruni, Antonio, Gala-Lopez, Boris, Wink, John, Rafiei, Yasmin, Bral, Mariusz, Abualhassan, Nasser, Shapiro, A. M James

“…BACKGROUNDIslet transplantation is a successful β-cell replacement therapy for selected patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus. However, despite early insulin…”
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Reparixin, a CXCR1/2 inhibitor in islet allotransplantation by Pawlick, Rena L., Wink, John, Pepper, Andrew R., Bruni, Antonio, Abualhassen, Nasser, Rafiei, Yasmin, Gala-Lopez, Boris, Bral, Mariusz, Shapiro, A.M. James

“…Quality of life in Type 1 diabetic patients may be improved with islet transplantation, but lifelong immunosuppression is required to prevent rejection…”
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Engraftment Site and Effectiveness of the Pan-Caspase Inhibitor F573 to Improve Engraftment in Mouse and Human Islet Transplantation in Mice by Pepper, Andrew R, Bruni, Antonio, Pawlick, Rena, Wink, John, Rafiei, Yasmin, Gala-Lopez, Boris, Bral, Mariusz, Abualhassan, Nasser, Kin, Tatsuya, Shapiro, A.M James

“…BACKGROUNDIslet transplantation is an effective therapy in type 1 diabetes and recalcitrant hypoglycemia. However, there is an ongoing need to circumvent islet…”
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Photoacoustic imaging of angiogenesis in a subcutaneous islet transplant site in a murine model by Shi, Wei, Pawlick, Rena, Bruni, Antonio, Rafiei, Yasmin, Pepper, Andrew R, Gala-Lopez, Boris, Choi, Min, Malcolm, Andrew, Zemp, Roger J, Shapiro, A. M. James

“…Islet transplantation (IT) is an established clinical therapy for select patients with type-1 diabetes. Clinically, the hepatic portal vein serves as the site…”
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Long-term function and optimization of mouse and human islet transplantation in the subcutaneous device-less site by Pepper, Andrew R., Bruni, Antonio, Pawlick, Rena L., Gala-Lopez, Boris, Rafiei, Yasmin, Wink, John, Kin, Tatsuya, Shapiro, A. M. James

“…Clinical islet transplantation has routinely been demonstrated to be an efficacious means of restoring glycemic control in select patients with autoimmune…”
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In situ endothelialization of intravascular stents from progenitor stem cells coated with nanocomposite and functionalized biomolecules by Motwani, Meghna S., Rafiei, Yasmin, Tzifa, Aphrodite, Seifalian, Alexander M.

“…Owing to their noninvasive nature, coronary artery stents have become popular demand for patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention. Late…”
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