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 Diabetes Portal Archive Links
Thanks to technology, it is still possible to access archives from DiabetesPortal.com. Read here for more information on how to do so.
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Dumb Diabetes Research
This file contains links to unnecessary and wasteful diabetes research that is conducted thoughout the year. Most of these studies have only only served to keep researchers working, but have done little, if anything to improve the lives of people suffering from diabetes. To suggest studies to be included here, contact the group moderator. Decide for yourself: were these studies really necessary?
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Other Links
Links to other organizations, facilities, etc. that may be of interest to the Type 1 diabetes community.
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Type 1 Diabetes Information
Diabetes-Related Sites and Information, as well as published diabetes articles available on the Internet.
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Diabetes Daily News from the ADA
Links to current news stories, research articles, and announcements directly from the American Diabetes Association (ADA). News content is heavily weighted towards news on Type 2, but the Type 1 news that is posted here tends to be posted here before many other sites. To view the most recent ADA press releases, it is recommended that you open this link (and all other links here) in a separate window by using the right button on your mouse and choosing "open in new window". The info contained in the articles within does not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the American Diabetes Association.
http://www.diabetes.org/indiabetestoday.jsp?WTLPromo=HOME_diabetestoday |
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Diabetes Institute for Immunology and Transplantation at the University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota is world-renowned as a pioneer of organ transplantation. This reputation lies at the heart of successful pancreas transplantation, an advanced treatment for diabetes which was pioneered here in 1966. In 1994, the U of M Medical School capitalized upon its historic strengths in pancreas transplantation by establishing the Diabetes Institute for Immunology and Transplantation (DIIT) to pursue a cure for diabetes. David E.R. Sutherland, M.D., Ph.D., Head of the Transplantation Division and Professor of Surgery, was named Director of the DIIT. Bernhard J. Hering, M.D., was recruited from Germany to head islet transplantation and to serve as an Associate Professor of Surgery. It is recommended that you open this link (and all other links here) in a separate window by using the right button on your mouse and choosing "open in new window".
http://www.diabetesinstitute.org/ |
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Diabetes Talkfest
Diabetes Talkfest was founded by Gina Capone and Jon Schlaman in 2004 with the hopes of helping other people with diabetes. The site is owned and operated by completely volunteers (most of whom have a personal connection to diabetes) and is not a for-profit enterprise. Diabetes Talkfest has an active message board, as well as a chatroom with chats currently scheduled every Weds. at 8 PM EST, and a variety of news and other relevant information. It is recommended that you open this link (and all other links here) in a separate window by using the right button on your mouse and choosing "open in new window".
http://www.diabetestalkfest.com |
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Diabetes Teen Talk
New website for teens with diabetes, coming soon - on January 2, 2006! It is recommended that you open this link in a separate window by using the right button on your mouse and choosing "open in new window".
http://www.diabetesteentalk.com |
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DiabeticDiscussion
Site started by Christopher Berry, who has had type 1 diabetes since 1977 which is why he started his web site. Another active discussion board worth visiting. It is recommended that you open this link in a separate window by using the right button on your mouse and choosing "open in new window".
http://www.diabeticdiscussion.com/ |
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Immune Tolerance Network (ITN)
ITN is a collaborative research effort that solicits, develops, implements and assesses the clinical strategies and biological assays for the purposes of inducing, maintaining and monitoring tolerance in humans for kidney, liver, and islet transplantation, autoimmune diseases and allergy and asthma. ITN is jointly sponsored by NIAID, NIDDK and JDRF. It is recommended that you open this link in a separate window by using the right button on your mouse and choosing "open in new window".
http://www.immunetolerance.org/ |
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Information About Getting a Pancreas Transplant
Info on getting a pancreas transplant from the National Kidney Foundation. It is recommended that you open this link (and all other links here) in a separate window by using the right button on your mouse and choosing "open in new window".
http://www.kidney.org/atoz/atozItem.cfm?id=162 |
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Information About Islet Transplantation
For the last 30 years, research at universities and private labs has moved slowly toward achieving a cure for insulin-dependent diabetes. The Islet Foundation (TIF) is dedicated to supporting the "final push" for that research effort, a push that may provide a safe and viable cure for millions of diabetics. While other charitable foundations provide essential funding to the broad spectrum of diabetic needs, including education, training, supplies, legal issues, and basic research. Their activities have improved the lives of many diabetics, but have frequently failed to support research initiatives that are likely to deliver a near-term cure for diabetes. The Islet Foundation is focused on advancing one specific line of research from the laboratory to human trials and, ultimately, to a routine cure for Type 1 diabetes. It is recommended that you open this link (and all other links here) in a separate window by using the right button on your mouse and choosing "open in new window".
http://www.islet.org/ |
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Insulin-Pumpers Support Group
Provides info and support for adults and children with diabetes and their families interested in insulin pump therapy. It is recommended that you open this link (and all other links here) in a separate window by using the right button on your mouse and choosing "open in new window".
http://www.insulin-pumpers.org |
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International Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association
The International Pancreas and Islet Transplant Association is a scientific forum for the exchange and discussion of clinical and experimental results and experiences relevant to transplantation of insulin producing tissue in the treatment and cure of diabetes mellitus. It is recommended that you open this link (and all other links here) in a separate window by using the right button on your mouse and choosing "open in new window".
http://www.ipita.org/ |
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Islet Cell Resource Centers (ICRs)
With support from National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), 10 Islet Cell Resource (ICR) Centers isolate, purify, and characterize human pancreatic islets for subsequent transplantation into patients with type I diabetes. The ICR centers procure whole pancreata and acquire relevant data about donors; improve islet isolation and purification techniques; distribute islets for use in approved clinical and basic research protocols; and perfect the methods of storage and shipping. It is recommended that you open this link (and all other links here) in a separate window by using the right button on your mouse and choosing "open in new window".
http://www.ncrr.nih.gov/clinical_research_resources/resource_directory/islet_cell_resource_centers/ |
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Islet Transplantation to Treat Type 1 Diabetes
Information from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA). It is recommended that you open this link (and all other links here) in a separate window by using the right button on your mouse and choosing "open in new window".
http://www.fda.gov/cber/genetherapy/pancislet.htm |
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Listing of Islet Transplant Centers
Collaborative Islet Transplant Registry (CITR). This organization was initiated and funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), CITR was founded in September 2001. The islet/beta cell registry is coordinated by The EMMES Corporation of Rockville, MD (www.emmes.com), with Dr. Bernhard Hering of the University of Minnesota as the Medical Director. It is recommended that you open this link (and all other links here) in a separate window by using the right button on your mouse and choosing "open in new window". <See also www.citregistry.org.>
http://spitfire.emmes.com/study/isl/roster/sites.htm |
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MatchingDonors
MatchingDonors.com is a web site created to give people in need of transplant surgery an active way to search for a live organ donor. Our goal is to increase the number of transplant surgeries and improve awareness of live organ donation. The most common organs transplanted from a live donor are single kidney and liver lobes. Over 80,000 people in the U.S. alone are on the national organ transplant waiting list, and 17 people a day die while waiting on that list. MatchingDonors.com is a venue where patients and potential donors can meet and communicate, and hopefully expedite a donor agreeing to give a patient a much needed organ. It is recommended that you open this link (and all other links here) in a separate window by using the right button on your mouse and choosing "open in new window".
http://www.matchingdonors.com/life/index.cfm |
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Pancreas Transplantation for the Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
Article published in the journal "Clinical Diabetes" by David E. R. Sutherland, MD, PhD, and Rainer W. G. Gruessner, MD, PhD of the Diabetes Institute for Immunology and Transplantation at the University of Minnesota on the option of pancreas transplantation to treat Type 1 diabetes. It is recommended that you open this link (and all other links here) in a separate window by using the right button on your mouse and choosing "open in new window".
http://journal.diabetes.org/clinicaldiabetes/v15n4J-A97/PG152.htm |
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Pancreatic Islet Transplantation
Article published in the journal "PLoS Medicine", an open-access, peer-reviewed medical journal published monthly, online and in print, by the Public Library of Science (PLoS), a nonprofit organization. It is recommended that you open this link (and all other links here) in a separate window by using the right button on your mouse and choosing "open in new window".
http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/picrender.fcgi?action=stream&blobtype=pdf&artid=539048 |
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PortaleDiabete
Diabetes Portale in Italian. It is recommended that you open this link (and all other links here) in a separate window by using the right button on your mouse and choosing "open in new window".
http://www.portalediabete.org/ |
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The Islet Foundation (TIF)
TIF is focusing on islet replacement without immunosuppression. The main activity of TIF is to provide information on the most promising research and to apply pressure to funding organizations and investors to support these initiatives. As a result, TIF is in regular contact with such groups as the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Institute of Digestive and Diabetes and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation (JDF), the American Diabetes Association (ADA), the Medical Research Council (MRC) of Canada, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Institute of Medicine (IOM), the Diabetes Research Working Group (DRWG) of the US Congress, politicians, regulators, pharmaceutical companies, and other private and public bodies that are key to realizing a cure for diabetes in the near term. It is recommended that you open this link (and all other links here) in a separate window by using the right button on your mouse and choosing "open in new window".
http://www.islet.org/ |
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United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)
The UNOS Organ Center, established in 1982 as the Kidney Center, celebrated 20 years of service on July 15, 2002. In 1984, as more organ types were being successfully transplanted and the sharing of lifesaving organs became more common, the name was changed to the Organ Center. Since its inception, the Organ Center has provided continuous, uninterrupted service to the transplant community. The UNOS Organ Center helps facilitate organ sharing among transplant centers, organ procurement organizations and histocompatibility laboratories across the U.S. It is recommended that you open this link in a separate window by using the right button on your mouse and choosing "open in new window".
http://www.unos.org/ |
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