#1817 Transplanting Islet Cells with Piotr Witkowski, MD, PhD
Juicebox Podcast: Type 1 Diabetes
Scott Benner
4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2026
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Scott talks with transplant surgeon Dr. Piotr Witkowski about islet transplantation, early results with tegoprubart, regulatory roadblocks, realistic timelines, and where this research could lead. Learn more (Best on a laptop or desktop).
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, friends, and welcome back to another episode of the Juicebox podcast. |
| 0:13.9 | Dr. Piot Witkowski, I'm a transplant surgeon and professor of surgery at University of Chicago, |
| 0:20.6 | as attending surgeon as a director of pancreatic eyeless transplantation, |
| 0:25.6 | surgeon, I've been doing kidney and pancreas transplant and running clinical trials in |
| 0:30.6 | eyeless transplantation, optimizing the procedure. |
| 0:34.6 | At the end of this episode, the doctor will share a website where you can learn more about |
| 0:39.5 | his trial and if you are eligible. |
| 0:43.7 | He asked me to let you know that the website is best viewed on a computer or a laptop. |
| 0:49.4 | It doesn't really work too well on a cell phone. |
| 0:51.4 | So when you head over there, use your computer, your laptop, |
| 0:55.5 | stay off that cell phone. |
| 1:02.4 | While you're listening, please remember that nothing you hear on the Juice Box podcast |
| 1:07.1 | should be considered advice, medical, or otherwise. Always consult a physician before |
| 1:12.9 | making any changes to your health care plan or becoming bold with insulin. Today's episode of the |
| 1:22.2 | Juice Box podcast is sponsored by the Contor NextGen blood glucose meter. |
| 1:31.1 | This is the meter that my daughter has on her person right now. |
| 1:37.5 | It is incredibly accurate and waiting for you at Contournext.com slash juice box. |
| 1:43.9 | Today's episode is also sponsored by Medtronic Diabetes, who is making life with diabetes easier with the mini-med 780G system |
| 1:46.9 | and their new sensor options, which include the instinct sensor made by Abbott. |
| 1:53.1 | Would you like to unleash the full potential of the mini-medeat 780G system? |
| 1:57.2 | You can do that at my link, Medtronicdiabetes.com slash juicebox. |
| 2:02.0 | I'm Dr. Piotr-Wittkowski. |
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