[MUSIC PLAYING] Islet cell transplantation is a new area of transportation where the insulin producing cells are removed from the pancreas. So diabetes is a disease of insulin deficiency, either an absolute deficiency or a relative deficiency. And there are two main categories of diabetes, juvenile onset and adult onset. We have the technique now in a very specialized laboratory to isolate the insulin producing cells and transplant those by direct injection, either into the liver or the peritoneal cavity, to provide insulin. 

The Islet cell program at the University of Virginia has been here for more than 10 years. We have a great interest in trying to find ways of transplanting these cells with less immunosuppression and in ways that they're protected so that they won't be subject to rejection.