Internal Assessment of a Novel Islet Isolation Facility in Spain

Presence of functional cannabinoid receptors in human endocrine pancreas

“…Human islet isolation Islets were isolated and purified from human pancreases using the Ricordi method [21,22]. The present studies were performed in pancreas from four braindead, heart-beating, non-diabetic, non-obese (mean BMI 28.3±0.7 kg/m 2 ) adult organ donors (mean age 50± 14 years; two women, two men).…”