VANGUARD consortium meeting in Geneva, CH
On June 3-4, the VANGUARD consortium finally met in person after two years of online meetings. The meeting, which took place at the Geneva University Hospital, was an important occasion to discuss the progress of the project and present the latest results of each Work Package. The UNIGE team also conducted a tour of its […]
New publication on the generation of pre-vascularised organoids
The VANGUARD consortium recently published collaborative work in the journal Transplant International on the generation of pre-vascularised organoids. The authors from the University of Geneva and the University of Eastern Piedmont show that pre-vascularized islet organoids exhibit enhanced in vitro function compared to native islets, improved engraftment and accelerated vascularization in vivo in a murine […]
Registration is open for the VANGUARD workshop on ethics in regenerative medicine
Online workshop on the topic of bio-artificial organs and bio-engineered or bio-printed tissues for transplantation in humans that are rapidly being developed.
VANGUARD presented at the SFT Congress
Our coordinator Dr Ekaterine Berishvili took a part in the 2021 Société Francophone de Transplantation to share the progress of the VANGUARD project.
New Publication: Mechanisms of Immunomodulation and Cytoprotection Conferred to Pancreatic Islet by Human Amniotic Epithelial Cells
VANGUARD partners from UNIGE have published a new review article on Mechanisms of Immunomodulation and Cytoprotection Conferred to Pancreatic Islet by Human Amniotic Epithelial Cells in Stem Cell Reviews and Reports. The article is available open access and can be read here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12015-021-10269-w Abstract Inhibiting pro-inflammatory cytokine activity can reverse inflammation mediated dysfunction of islet […]
VANGUARD researchers awarded at the IPITA 2021 Virtual Congress
IPITA is the international pancreas and islet transplant association and the VANGUARD project had the honour to present its research findings at the 2021 Virtual Congress that took place on 20-23 October.
New publications from the UNIGE group
VANGUARD is generating its first scientific outcomes, as seven works from the UNIGE group have recently been accepted and published in various journals such as Transplant International, Current Diabetes Report and Stem Cell Reviews and Reports: Alibashe-Ahmed M, Berney T, Giovannoni L, Berishvili E (2020). Targeting Toll-Like Receptor 4: a promising strategy to prevent type […]
Information for patients and their relatives
Dear followers of the VANGUARD project, Since the VANGUARD website has been activated, we have received many messages from patients and their families enquiring about the possibility to enroll in the study. We are grateful to have so many people interested in the project and following our progress. At the same time, we feel a […]
