A New Study Points to a Possible Oral Vaccine to Decrease Childhood Type 1 Diabetes
The JAMA published Pre-POINT study tested the effects of prophylactic insulin oral immunization in young children with a family history of type
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Press Releases
Two-year $300 Million Extension of the Special Diabetes Program Allows for the Continuation of Promising Ongoing Clinical Trials
April 15, 2015Washington, D.C., April 15, 2015 – The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved legislation last night for a two-year extension of the Special Diabetes
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JDRF Announces New Partnership with the European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes and Eli Lilly and Company to Fund Novel Diabetes Research
March 15, 2015Research to Encourage New Projects Aimed at Advancing Current Disease Knowledge New York, NY, March 5, 2015 — JDRF, the leading
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JDRF Supports Janssen’s Disease Interception Approach to Prevent the Clinical Onset of Type 1 Diabetes
February 12, 2015New York, NY, February, 12 2015 — JDRF, the leading research and advocacy organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research, announced today
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JDRF Mourns the Passing of Dr. Hanna Abboud
January 13, 2015JDRF is saddened by the passing of dear friend and gifted researcher within the diabetes research community, Dr. Hanna Abboud. Dr. Abboud
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JDRF to Honor Scientists for Their Outstanding Work in Advancing Type 1 Diabetes Research
January 12, 2015Honorees Include Investigators in the Areas of Encapsulated Cell Therapy, Type 1 Diabetes Immunology, and Clinical and Translational Research NEW YORK, January
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JDRF-Funded Islet Encapsulation Program Reaches Historic Milestone
October 29, 2014First Ever Person with Type 1 Diabetes Receives Experimental Encapsulated Human Stem Cell-Derived Beta Cell Replacement Therapy New York, NY, October 29,
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JDRF and Tidepool Partner to Bring Data to an Open Source Platform for People with type 1 diabetes
September 16, 2014–New Collaboration will Increase Data Available to Artificial Pancreas Researchers — New York, NY and San Francisco, CA, September 16, 2014 –
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JDRF Names Stephen L. Newman as Vice-Chairman of its International Board of Directors
September 9, 2014New York, NY, September 10, 2014 —JDRF, the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research, announced today that Stephen L.
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JDRF Commends Senators Collins and Shaheen for Introducing Legislation to Ensure Seniors with Diabetes Have Access to Continuous Glucose Monitors
July 30, 2014–JDRF Calls for CGM Medicare Coverage to Help Improve Health Outcomes Among Seniors with T1D and Advance an Artificial Pancreas– Washington, D.C.,
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