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Type 1 diabetes, also known as 'juvenile diabetes', results from a self-destructive immune response against the insulin producing pancreatic beta cells. As a result of this so-called 'autoimmune' disease, patients with type 1 diabetes develop a life long dependence on insulin replacement therapy. Unfortunately, this form of treatment is often insufficient for preventing a number of debilitating complications including heart disease, blindness, and kidney disease, among others. As a result, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) is committed to find a method for preventing or permanently reversing this disorder; an effort that would undoubtedly benefit from an improved understanding of how type 1 diabetes develops.

Based on this need, and following a year of scientific review and evaluation of expert opinion, the JDRF has agreed to organize and develop a project known as nPOD; the Network for Pancreatic Organ donors with Diabetes. For more information about nPOD and its goals, please continue reading our...

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News

2/26/08 - The February edition of the NDRI Research Brief features nPOD

1/10/08 - nPOD is featured in latest issue of JDRF Countdown

12/13/07 - nPOD researcher and administrator Dr. Mark Atkinson is currently featured in the University of Florida Spotlight.