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Working to Cure Diabetes
Many groups and organizations are fighting for a cure to diabetes. Some are listed here. Being listed here does not indicate a recommendation from us - rather, groups and organizations are listed for your convenience. If you have a link to a diabetes resource you'd like us to share, please drop us a line at village@nedv.net.
Diabetes Institutes Foundation
The home of regenerative medicine, the Institutes supports this promising approach to curing diabetes and reversing and preventing complications. The integration of research and patient care programs provides innovative translational care to thousands of people struggling with diabetes and metabolic disorders.
cite: dif.org
The Islet Foundation
For the last thirty years, research at universities and private labs has moved slowly toward achieving a cure for insulin-dependent diabetes. The Islet Foundation (TIF) is dedicated to supporting the final push for that research effort, a push that may provide a safe and viable cure for millions of diabetics. The Islet Foundation focuses its resources to advance one specific line of research from the laboratory to human trials and, ultimately, to a routine cure for insulin-dependent diabetes. Rather than spread its resources among many diabetic management and research initiatives, TIF is betting on a single body of research, one which many researchers feel is the most likely to result in a near-term cure.
cite: islet.org
Closing In On Diabetes Cure?
Type 1 Diabetes is a disease that destroys the cells in the pancreas that make insulin, known as islet cells. Now doctors are transplanting islet cells from a donor pancreas to provide a cure for some patients, The Early Show medical correspondent Dr. Emily Senay reports.
cite: cbsnews.com
Cell Transplants Can Cure Diabetes, But Drawbacks Abound
Type 1 diabetes afflicts more than one million Americans. It is the most severe form of the disease, in which the body's immune system attacks insulin-producing cells required to keep blood sugar at normal levels. Extremely low blood sugar can result in seizures, impaired cognition, or unconsciousness and in the most severe diabetics the complications are not well controlled by insulin.
cite: healthlink.mcw.edu
Massachusetts General Hospital Research Program to Cure Diabetes
MGH is renowned for treatment of diabetes and has the largest research enterprise of any academic hospital in the world.
cite: massgeneral.org
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Take Action
Walk for Diabetes
Become a part of a national fund-raising community and join 200,000 people from all walks of life who are making a difference in ADA's ongoing education, prevention and research efforts. With every step you take and every sponsor you sign up, you’ll get a great workout while helping keep up the pace to beat this devastating disease.
cite: walk.diabetes.org
Tour de Cure!
Tour de Cure is a series of cycling events held in more than 80 cities nationwide to benefit the American Diabetes Association. The Tour is a ride, not a race, with routes designed for everyone from the occasional rider to the experienced cyclist.
cite: tour.diabetes.org
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