Humacyte has licensed Pluristyx’s clinical-grade PluriBank™ induced Pluripotent Stem Cell (iPSC) line as starting materials for manufacturing insulin-producing cells for their BioVascular Pancreas (BVP™) product candidate. The BVP is designed to revolutionize type 1 diabetes treatment by enabling delivery and survival of insulin-producing islets inside the body.“The combination of Humacyte’s Acellular Tissue Engineered Vessel (ATEV™) with insulin-producing cells derived from Pluristyx’s best-in-class iPSC lines brings us one step closer to curing insulin dependent diabetes,” said Dr Benjamin Fryer, Pluristyx’s CEO.