Closing in on a Cure
JDRF is
the world's leading non-profit, non-governmental contributor
of funds to diabetes research, funding an estimated 35% of
all type 1 diabetes related research globally. It is the only
major diabetes organisation in the world focused exclusively
on research.
The Foundation
was established in the US in 1970 by parents of children with
juvenile diabetes. Over the past 33 years, JDRF has raised
more than US$680 million for diabetes research. In 2003, the
Foundation committed a further US$100 million to diabetes
research, awarding more than 380 research grants and 150 fellowship
and career development awards to scientists from 17 countries.
With this
enormous level of funding, the organisation has played a key
role in setting the world's diabetes research agenda to find
a cure.
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