Transplantation and Artificial Pancreas

The pancreas is a digestive organ located behind the lower section of the stomach. Insulin, a hormone that regulates the absorption of sugar (glucose) into your cells, is one of its key activities. A pancreatic transplant is a surgical operation that involves transplanting a healthy pancreas from a deceased donor into a person who no longer has a functional pancreas. In medicine, a transplant is a section of tissue or an entire organ that is taken from its natural site and transplanted to a new location in the same person or in a different person. Organ transplants are more difficult to conduct successfully than most other grafts for a variety of reasons. A pancreas transplant may be able to prevent diabetic complications from progressing.