We are a research and development company. Our objective is to cure insulin-requiring diabetes by means of a thin-sheet bio-artificial pancreas.

View our interactive overview of our work on a cure for diabetes [requires Macromedia Flash plugin]:

Diabetes: The Search for a Cure

Our web site has information on this company, our research on the cure for diabetes, and the science of our thin-sheet bio-artificial pancreas. We invite you to explore, and suggest you start with one of two overviews.

There are many links within this site that define terms and explain concepts. There are also links to our companion web site Hanuman Garden, which is designed for those who live with diabetes, especially for people who have recently been diagnosed. You can click here and send us a blank e-mail if you would like to be added to our e-updates list!



September 2, 2008
Cerco Medical begins research with the University of California, Irvine
With the recent appointment of Jonathan Lakey as Director of Research in the Department of Surgury at the UC Irvine Medical Center in Orange, CA, Cerco Medical has revived research on the Islet Sheet. Click here to read more about this collaboration.

December 10, 2007
"San Jose Mercury features Cerco Medical in acticle on lab-grown human organs"
Excerpt: Executives at Cerco Medical of San Francisco have fabricated human islet cells into a patch the size of a business card that they believe one day could be attached to a diabetic's pancreas to make insulin....
San Jose Mercury web site

June 10, 2004
"Islet Sheet Medical changes name to Cerco Medical"
Islet Sheet Medical announced today it has changed its name from Islet Sheet Medical LLC to Cerco Medical.  Kurt E. Amundson has joined the company... (cont. article.)