by Aref
Wed, September 07 2011 11:00
Nearly 10% of all Canadians live with diabetes today of which 10% live with Type 1 diabetes. According to JDRF, “Canada has the sixth highest incidence rate of type 1 diabetes in children 14 years of age or younger in the world.”
Type 1 diabetes is an auto-immune condition where the body’s immune system attacks itself (pancreas) affecting the normal production of insulin. This nasty affliction does not discriminate and directly affects our precious children.
Since its founding in 1970 by parents of children with type 1 diabetes, JDRF has funded over $1.4 billion in diabetes research, including more than $101 million in 2009. In 2009, JDRF funded research projects in 22 countries throughout the world, including more than 40 human clinical trials. We are accelerating the pace of research to a cure, and helping people with diabetes live longer, healthier, lives.
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