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Celebrating World Diabetes Day
Courtesy of The Child & Family Research Institute communications team. It has been almost 90 years since Canadians Sir Frederick Banting and Dr. Charles Best discovered insulin, saving and improving the lives of people with diabetes around the world. Today, nearly one in four Canadians have diabetes or pre-diabetes. 2000 children in BC have type 1 diabetes. Nationally, rates of type 1 diabetes continue to rise, particularly in children age five to nine years old. In response to this alarming rate, scientists at the Child & Family Research Institute (CFRI) at BC Children's Hospital are building on the legacy of Dr. Banting and Dr. Best through innovative research aimed at preventing and curing diabetes in children. The Diabetes Research Program at CFRI is made of up 19 of Canada's rising stars in the field of diabetes research. Together, they are working to answer three key questions:1. How can we prevent diabetes? 2. How can we stop a child's immune system from destroying beta cells? 3. How can we grow new beta cells?
Each question has prompted dozens of ongoing translational research projects involving CFRI scientists and clinicians in collaboration with researchers around the world. Today, we are taking a moment to celebrate this global collaboration and to promote World Diabetes Day, which was created by the International Diabetes Federation and the World Health Organization in 1991, in response to growing concern over rising rates of diabetes and the serious complications associated with the disease. For more information about Diabetes Research Program, please email diabetes@cfri.ca.Post your comment
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