JDRF Greater Dallas Chapter
research
Top Type 1 Diabetes Research Highlights, 2008 (.pdf file)
Click the link above to earn about the major findings and breakthroughs in JDRF-funded research over the past two years.
JDRF has established a set of five cure therapeutic research areas to guide its research funding efforts. These research goal areas hold the greatest potential to lead to breakthrough cures and treatments for type 1 diabetes and its complications (click each underlined link for more information):
Autoimunity: Stopping or reversing the immune system attack that causes diabetes
Regeneration: Regenerating insulin-producing cells in producing cells in people who have diabetes
Replacement: Replacing the insulin-producing cells killed off by diabetes with functioning ones
Metabolic Control: Treatments that monitor blood sugar levels and automatically respond with insulin
Want more information on current research?
Click the player to the right to listen to a recent interview with Dr. Richard A. Insel, Executive Vice President of Research for JDRF. Dr. Insel discusses recent research progress as well as JDRF’s use of venture philanthropy models to advance research leading to a cure for type 1 diabetes.
June 2009 Top Research Reports (.pdf file)
Click the link above for the most current research report.
A New Type of Insulin (.pdf file)
For people with type 1 diabetes, managing daily doses of insulin to achieve steady blood sugar levels is a never-ending challenge. But there’s hope that a new type of insulin will make that daily struggle a thing of the past. (Click the link above for more.)
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