immune disorders
Pancreas Transplantation
Donors
Donors are usually people who have all of the following characteristics: They recently died. They were aged 10 to 55. They did not have an alcohol use disorder. They had not had prediabetes (blood glucose levels that are higher than normal but not high enough to be labeled diabetes) or diabetes. If both a pancreas and kidney are being transplanted, they must come from the same donor. Parts of a pancreas from a living donor have been used, but this procedure is rarely done because the risks to the donor are high. 