Credit: Cincinnati Children's
This image shows vascularized pancreatic islets (areas in green) bioengineered by researchers and transplanted into a mouse. The bioengineered islets—which have a network of blood vessels (shown in red) and secrete hormones like insulin—are shown seven days after transplant. Scientists reporting research data in Cell Reports say their goal is to one day translate the bioengineering process to human patients with diabetes.