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Pancreas transplantation is a surgical procedure that places a healthy pancreas coming from a living (partially) or deceased donor into the patient whose pancreas does no longer functions properly.

Pancreas transplantation is performed on type 1 or insulin dependent diabetes mellitus patients for the potential cure of the disease. For curing the pancreatic failure, the patient needs to take several medicines that suppress the immune system so that the body doesn’t reject the new pancreas.

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