16 September 2026 editorial review · Item
MIT oxygen-generating encapsulation device (self-oxygenating islet implant): review notes
These notes document the scope actually reviewed, including source-access limits. They are not independent clinical certification or a guarantee that every claim was verified.
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- Disposition: corrected/updated. Current item
lastReviewed: 2026-09-16. - Claim check: Corrected “rodent-only”: the Device paper also reports one-month islet survival in a nonhuman primate without immunosuppression. No human benefit was shown. Removed unsupported attribution of VX-264 failure to the same mechanism.
- Primary publication/regulatory sources checked or consulted: j.device.2026.101084.