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Miami, FL (October 18, 2005) -- A generous gift from Dee and Bill Brehm of McLean, Virginia, has enabled the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) to establish a “virtual laboratory,” linking scientists at multiple centers and further accelerating the global effort to...

Miami, FL (September 21, 2005) -- The first of only six patients who will be transplanted with bone marrow stem cells and insulin-producing cells (islets) in a newly launched clinical trial is already off insulin and doing well, report scientists at the Diabetes...

DRI research team working on the self-tolerance study. Miami, FL (August, 2005) -- Dr. Alberto Pugliese, head of the Diabetes Research Institute's immunogenetics program, and his team have reported the results of a new study, which could lead to a better understanding...

Miami, FL (July 26, 2005) -- The Florida Association of Furniture Manufacturers (FAFM) has granted its largest charitable gift, to date, to the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) at the Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine. The $25,000 donation, presented at the...

Miami, FL (June 27, 2005) -- Scientists at the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine have announced that inhaled insulin works just as well at controlling blood sugar levels as injected insulin, suggesting that daily pre-meal insulin injections may...

Miami, FL (June 2005) -- Dedicated to making islet transplantation a clinical reality for those with diabetes, the DRI recently hosted a two-day workshop focusing on the new methods used to test the quality of islet cells prior to infusion into patients. Attended by...

Miami, FL (May 11, 2005) -- Diabetes researchers announced today that they have clearly identified a portion of the insulin molecule as an immune target in the development of type 1 diabetes. This landmark finding is a result of collaborations between scientists at...

Boca Raton, FL (April, 2005) -- NCCI Holdings, Inc. has proven that social responsibility is alive and well in Boca Raton. In keeping with their corporate mission, the company instituted an organization-wide fundraising effort in support of the Diabetes Research...

Boca Raton, FL (February, 2005) -- Boca Raton residents Carole and Barry Kaye are perhaps best known for the incomparable collection of miniatures they’ve amassed and donated to the Naples Museum of Art in Naples, Florida. While this philanthropic couple has enchanted...

Miami, FL (February 24, 2005) -- Combining their respective expertise, molecular biologists and diabetes stem cell researchers from the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) at the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine reported the first successful use...

Miami, FL (October 4, 2004) -- The Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) at the University of Miami School of Medicine has been selected as one of only five centers worldwide to receive funding from the National Institutes of Health for clinical islet cell transplant...

Hollywood, FL (August, 2004) -- The Diabetes Research Institute Foundation (DRIF), the nonprofit diabetes organization whose sole mission is to support the cure-focused work of the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI), recently elected four new members to serve on the...

Miami, FL (May 28, 2004) -- Camillo Ricordi, M.D., Scientific Director of the Diabetes Research Institute, and W. Dalton Dietrich, Ph.D., Scientific Director of The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, both at the University of Miami School of Medicine, will take part in...

Hollywood, FL (March, 2004) -- The Diabetes Research Institute Foundation (DRIF), the not-for-profit diabetes organization whose sole mission is to support the Diabetes Research Institute at the University of Miami School of Medicine, is pleased to announce the...

Miami, FL (February 2, 2004) -- Luca Inverardi, M.D., research professor of medicine, microbiology and immunology and co-director of the Cell Transplant Center at the Diabetes Research Institute at the UM School of Medicine, is just one of seven researchers nationwide...

Hollywood, FL (August, 2003) -- The Diabetes Research Institute Foundation, the nonprofit organization whose sole mission is to support the cure-focused work of the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI), recently announced the appointment of its board officers for the...

Cross section of human pancreatic islet stained with colored fluorescent probes for insulin (red), EPO receptor (green) and cell nuclei (blue) demonstrating for the first time that islets have EPO receptors. Miami, FL (August 27, 2003) -- Scientists from the Diabetes...

Hollywood, FL (July, 2003) -- The Diabetes Research Institute and Foundation received top honors from the League of American Communications Professionals (LACP) for their joint annual report, “Turning Hope into Reality.” The publication earned the 2002 Visions...

Hollywood, FL (June, 2003) -– The Diabetes Research Institute Foundation (DRIF), the 501(c)(3) non-profit diabetes organization whose sole mission is to support the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) at the University of Miami, has received a $1 million gift from...

Miami, FL (May, 2003) -– On the heels of bestowing a $20,000 grant to the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation, the 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit organization whose sole mission is to support the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) at the University of Miami, Carnival...

Miami, FL (May, 2003) -- The Diabetes Research Institute Foundation, the 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit organization whose sole mission is to support the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) at the University of Miami, has recently received a $20,000 grant from Carnival...