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Biotech / Medical : Biotransplant(BTRN) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: scaram(o)uche who wrote (552)5/16/2000 10:16:00 AM
From: D.Lu  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1475
 
This is extremely good news. What kind of primate do you suppose is involved?



To: scaram(o)uche who wrote (552)5/16/2000 3:54:00 PM
From: biowa  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1475
 
Be careful, someone's listening...

TUE May 16, 00, 1:33 PM

CHARLESTOWN, Mass., May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- BioTransplant Incorporated (Nasdaq: BTRN) and its collaborators from the Transplantation Unit and the Transplantation Biology Research Center (TRBC) of the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) today announced the successful transplantation of primate pancreatic islet cells into a mismatched diabetic primate without the need for long-term administration of immunosuppressive drugs.