News: diabetes
Grant support for crucial health and medical research
The ³ÉÈË´óƬ has been awarded $6 million for six research projects to investigate issues including fertility, mastitis and orthopaedic infections.
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Searching for the genetic cause of T1D and new treatments
The ³ÉÈË´óƬ has received two Pilot and Innovation Awards from JDRF to support new innovative directions for type 1 diabetes research. JDRF is the leading supporter of type 1 diabetes research in the world.Â
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Taking on type 2: Research Tuesdays
Deadly vascular problems are common for people with type 2 diabetes. In this month’s Research Tuesday’s lecture, the ³ÉÈË´óƬ’s Khalia Primer will talk about her research into finding out the underlying reasons why so many T2D sufferers experience complications.
$15 million for Adelaide-led medical research
The ³ÉÈË´óƬ has been awarded more than $15 million in research grants from the Federal Government’s Medical Research Future Fund’s (MRFF) to support targeted research on new ways to address risk factors for chronic and complex diseases.
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New guidelines for children and adolescents with T2D
A team of paediatric specialists, including an expert from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ, has produced new guidelines regarding assessment and management of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in Australian and New Zealand children and adolescents.
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Testosterone to prevent type 2 diabetes in men – promising, but no quick fix
A national Australian study led by the ³ÉÈË´óƬ has shown that testosterone may play a role in decreasing the risk of type 2 diabetes in men, after two years of treatment.
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$300,000 to ³ÉÈË´óƬ for diabetes research
The Diabetes SA Research Grants Program has awarded $300,000 in funding, all to researchers from the ³ÉÈË´óƬ. The grants program, which launched in 2018, funds research into diabetes detection, prevention and management. Without significant change it is estimated that 642 million people will have diabetes by 2040.
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Nationwide diabetes study enters next stage
The (ENDIA) Study into the causes of type 1 diabetes has entered its next phase. 1500 children who have a first-degree relative with type 1 diabetes will be followed for three years from the pregnancy.
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Funding to prevent lower limb amputations
A coalition of researchers, clinicians and other health professionals has been entrusted to steer a multi-million-dollar program to address the grossly disproportionate number of Indigenous Australians suffering diabetic foot complications.
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