News: September 2009

Find out the latest news about JDRF's research and fundraising events. If you are a journalist interested in learning more about JDRF and type 1 diabetes, please contact our Communications Team on 020 7713 2030 / 2036.

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Pingu helps JDRF educate children about type 1 diabetes (21/09/2009)

Cheeky children’s favourite Pingu has joined forces with JDRF to help teachers educate primary school children about type 1 diabetes. The brand new pack, ‘Talking T1 – Learning about type 1 diabetes,’ has been developed by education and healthcare professionals to provide a classroom teaching guide...

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JDRF shows that CGMs improve control and reduce hypoglycaemia (09/09/2009)

JDRF funded researchers have today added to the evidence that using a continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) device can improve diabetes control. Further analysis of the original six month study data from the groundbreaking JDRF Continuous Glucose Monitoring Trial has been published today, along with...

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D-GAP study – printing error (07/09/2009)

We recently featured the Diabetes – Genes, Autoimmunity and Prevention (D-GAP) study in Diabetes Breakthrough (issue 48). Unfortunately the wrong email address was printed. If you are interested in finding out more about D-GAP and how you can participate, the correct email is...

New service to link people with type 1 to clinical trials (02/09/2009)

JDRF International has launched a new service to link people affected by type 1 diabetes around the globe to clinical trials. Never before has JDRF funded as many human clinical trials around the world as it is today.  That dramatic increase, and the overall progress in type 1 diabetes...