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Advocacy Spotlight: Meet Rebecca & Nikolas
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Advocacy Spotlight: Meet Rebecca & Nikolas

Nikolas Mirco is 12-year-old West Australian who has been living with type 1 diabetes (T1D) since he was seven years old. He and his mum, Rebecca, joined JDRF Australia’s advocacy program this year, to raise the profile of T1D and advocate for increased research funding for the JDRF Clinical Research Network (CRN). Nikolas and Rebecca […]
Funding to characterise a new target for type 1 diabetes prevention
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Funding to characterise a new target for type 1 diabetes prevention

JDRF is proud to announce new funding of $200,000 (USD) to Dr Irina Buckle from Mater Research and The University of Queensland, to undertake a project which aims to understand what may be driving type 1 diabetes.   Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) is a condition where certain types of immune cells, known as T cells, incorrectly […]
New formulation of insulin may speed up its action for people with type 1 diabetes
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New formulation of insulin may speed up its action for people with type 1 diabetes

A research group from Norway has found that adding small amounts of glucagon to insulin speeds up its action. For people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) this would mean a faster acting insulin than what is on the market, and in turn, improved quality of life.    The need for fast insulin T1D is an autoimmune […]
Advocacy Spotlight: Meet Giselle
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Advocacy Spotlight: Meet Giselle

Earlier this month, our advocates and the JDRF team were in Parliament House for the exciting research announcement regarding funding committed for five research projects in collaboration with the ENDIA study. In addition to this they were able to meet with key decision makers and discuss the reality of type 1 diabetes (T1D) along with the importance […]
New support for Australia’s best and brightest early career researchers
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New support for Australia’s best and brightest early career researchers

JDRF is delighted to announce that three Australian Early to Mid-Career Researchers (EMCRs) are being supported with over $2.2 million to continue their groundbreaking type 1 diabetes (T1D) research.   JDRF is committed to nurturing the growth and impact of leading independent researchers who are instrumental in translating scientific discoveries to clinical applications.  Dr Aveni Haynes […]
JDRF supports a medical corridor in the Middle East
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JDRF supports a medical corridor in the Middle East

JDRF, the leading global type 1 diabetes (T1D) research and advocacy organisation, joins healthcare and humanitarian non-profits throughout the world in calling for a medical corridor to allow immediate access to lifesaving supplies and medicines, like insulin, needed by all people living with T1D in the Middle East conflict zone. At all times, including times […]
$3 million invested to understand and prevent the development of T1D
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$3 million invested to understand and prevent the development of T1D

JDRF Australia and The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust (Helmsley) have committed $3 million for research projects aimed at understanding how type 1 diabetes (T1D) develops, with the ultimate goal of preventing it. This is in collaboration with the Environmental Determinants of Islet Autoimmunity (ENDIA) Study. ENDIA is the world’s first T1D observational […]
New research funding may allow those with type 1 diabetes to make insulin again
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New research funding may allow those with type 1 diabetes to make insulin again

JDRF has just funded a new Australian islet transplantation research project with the potential to revert type 1 diabetes. The benefits of islet transplantation Pancreatic islet transplantation is a life-saving and life-changing treatment currently available for people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) who are unaware of their dangerously low blood glucose levels (known as ‘severe […]
Regenerating damaged beta cells in type 1 diabetes: new funding announced
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Regenerating damaged beta cells in type 1 diabetes: new funding announced

JDRF has funded a new Australian research project which may allow those with type 1 diabetes (T1D) to regenerate lost pancreatic cells. During T1D development, the immune system mistakenly attacks the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. This leads to the loss and destruction of beta cells, meaning that people with T1D are no longer […]
Research breakthrough shows that antivirals can delay T1D progression
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Research breakthrough shows that antivirals can delay T1D progression

A new study suggests that giving antivirals shortly after a type 1 diabetes (T1D) diagnosis may preserve the body’s ability to produce insulin. Recent results from a clinical trial published in the prestigious Nature journal have suggested that administering the antivirals pleconaril and ribavirin can preserve beta cell function in children and teenagers recently diagnosed […]
Type 1 diabetes screening pilot rolls out in primary school for the first time
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Type 1 diabetes screening pilot rolls out in primary school for the first time

This World Diabetes Day, on Tuesday 14th November, students from kindergarten and year 4 at Inaburra School in Sydney’s south participated in screening to detect type 1 diabetes (T1D). This is part of the JDRF-funded Australian Type 1 Diabetes National Screening Pilot, a research project looking to identify early-stage T1D in childhood. It was the first […]
Snacking 101: An explainer for people living with type 1 diabetes
Living With Type 1 Diabetes

Snacking 101: An explainer for people living with type 1 diabetes

We asked Dr Carmel Smart and Emma Fisher, paediatric diabetes dietitians at the John Hunter Children’s Hospital, for their advice on snacking for people living with type 1 diabetes (T1D).  Here’s what they had to say, including their tips for tasty snacks, ‘good’ and ‘bad’ snacking, and how snacking can affect your blood glucose levels.   […]
Emerging from the COVID cocoon: Strategies for families newly diagnosed with T1D
Living With Type 1 Diabetes

Emerging from the COVID cocoon: Strategies for families newly diagnosed with T1D

This content was co-written by Simone Collins, Diabetes Social Worker at Canberra Health Services and Melanie Cullen, Paediatric Psychologist and Insulin Pump Program Coordinator at JDRF Australia for families of children newly diagnosed with T1D. The outbreak of COVID-19 has impacted people in all walks of life on an international scale. Our lives have been […]