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Thread: Bioartificial pancreas - no more needles!
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Old 05-08-2008, 09:51 PM
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That's an interesting idea. I do wonder how pigs islets would know how much to exactly produce in humans. And what is their lifespan? Would it fail slowly so you would have time to get it replaced. And where would you stick a 2 3/4" barrel?
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