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Welcome to the website for the Oxford Consortium for Islet Transplantation (OXCIT)

OXCIT is a multidisciplinary team, that aims to acheive insulin indendence in patients with diabetes by transplanting pancreatic islets of Langerhans. By simultaneously engaging in detailed basic and clinical research it is anticipated that the OXCIT team will enable islet transplantation to be applied to children with diabetes in the future.

OXCIT comprises 3 components, namely the DRWF human islet isolation facility, the clinical transplant programme, and a multifaceted research programme. Please click on the buttons below for further information regarding OXCIT's acitivities.

 

Contact us:

Professor Paul Johnson, 
Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences,
Level 6, John Radcliffe Hospital,
Oxford,
OX3 9DU
United Kingdom

email:  paul.johnson@nds.ox.ac.uk
tel:  +44 1865 221291
fax:  +44 1865 768876