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Studies in rodents and patients showed that they can establish a glucose-regulated source of insulin in recipients with depleted pancreatic beta cell mass. Their therapeutic significance is, however, determined by their capacity to restore glycemic control by the human glucostat. It is so far unknown which implant characteristics are needed for this key endpoint. The present study addresses this question in mice. SC-derived preparations with a defined beta cell dose and alpha cell proportion were implanted in the epididymal fat pad of normoglycemic SCID\/beige mice (mouse glucostat basal glycemia 166\u2009mg\/dL). At post-transplant week 20, 12\/25 recipients reached glycemic control at the human glucostat (glycemia \u2264 90\u2009mg\/dL) following a time-dependent increase of basal and glucose-induced plasma human C-peptide and decrease of mouse C-peptide towards under detection limit. 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