Vision

The Chicago Diabetes Project has never wavered from their crystal-clear vision of functionally curing

Goals

1. 1.Make islet transplantation available to those in need with the limited organs available and using immunosuppression to prevent both rejection and recurrence of autoimmune type-1 diabetes.
2. 2.Search for an unlimited source of glucose sensitive, insulin secreting cells.
3. 3.Provide technology to shield transplanted islet cells from the assaults of the immune system to avoid the need for the use of harmful immunosuppressive medications.