1 Department of Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Received 5 February 2020. Revision received 20 March 2020.
Accepted 3 May 2020.
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
J.H. is funded by Alberta Health Services through the Clinician Investigator Program. B.A.M.-G. is currently being funded by the Patronato del Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion (INCMNSZ) and the Fundacion para la Salud y la Educacion Salvador Zubiran (FunSaEd). A.M.J.S. holds a Canada Research Chair in Transplantation Surgery & Regenerative Medicine.
J.H. is responsible for reviewing literature, writing the article, and designing figures. B.M.-G. is responsible for writing and editing the article. N.D. is responsible for writing and editing the article. A.M.J.S. is responsible for the conception, writing, and editing the article.
Correspondence: A.M. James Shapiro, MD, PhD, Department of Surgery, Clinical Islet Transplantation Program, University of Alberta, 1-002 Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Research Innovation, 112 St NW & 87 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2E1. ([email protected]).