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DRI Foundation Named to “Top 100” Charity List
Miami, FL (December, 2007) -- The Diabetes Research Institute Foundation has been named to the list of “The 100 Highly Rated Charities” by GiveSpot.com, a website dedicated to providing donors with useful information for their charitable giving. The charities selected...
Shell Key West Challenge Presents Check for $110,000 to the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation
Crystal Blaylock Sanchez, Matthew Sanchez, Diabetes Research Institute Foundation President and CEO Robert A. Pearlman, and Hayden Blaylock Hollywood, FL (November 20, 2007) – After the tremendous success of the Shell Key West Challenge fishing tournament held earlier...
Diabetes Research Institute Unites with Global Diabetes Community to Recognize World Diabetes Day
Miami, FL, November 14, 2007 – The Diabetes Research Institute at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine is joining the International Diabetes Federation, the United Nations and thousands of concerned people around the world to recognize World Diabetes Day...
Diabetes Research Institute Presents 5th World of Hope Conference
Hollywood, FL (October 2007) -- The Diabetes Research Institute Foundation announced today that First American Title Insurance Corporation has kindly signed on as the presenting sponsor of the 5th A World of Hope Conference, a research update for people with type 1...
Comedian George Lopez will “Stand up for a Cure”
Los Angeles, CA (September 11, 2007) –- Featuring a hilarious performance by George Lopez, one of the premier comedic talents in the entertainment industry today, Stand Up for a Cure will be held at the Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles on Sunday, November 4th at...
DRI Invention Promotes Increase in Insulin Producing Cells
Parts of the "oxygen sandwich" -- a device that helps deliver much-needed oygen to cells in the laboratory. Miami, FL (August 30, 2007) -- One of the major challenges to islet cell transplantation as the treatment of choice for type 1 diabetes is the shortage of donor...
Thomas D. Stern Elected National Chairman of Diabetes Research Institute Foundation
New York, NY (July, 2007) -- The Diabetes Research Institute Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Thomas D. Stern as Chairman of the National Board of Directors. He previously served as Vice Chairman of the National Board and Chairman of the diabetes...
New Group Helps Parents Empower Parents after Diabetes Diagnosis
Hollywood, FL (July 2007) -- Each and every parent of a child with diabetes can remember the day their child was diagnosed with this disease. Emotions ran the gamut of shock, despair, guilt and anger. There was so much to learn. Few really understood how a diabetes...
UM Researchers Present Exenatide Findings at National Scientific Meeting
Chicago, IL (June 26, 2007) -- A new drug is showing great promise in returning patients with type 1 diabetes to insulin independence. Diabetes researchers at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine were able to re-establish long term insulin independence in...
Diabetes Research Institute Launches New Drug Discovery Initiative
If transplant tolerance can be achieved with local immunosuppression in an implanted device (figure on the left), then the likelihood of serious systemic side effects and the susceptibility for opportunistic infections can be avoided. Also, much smaller doses are...
Information for People Who are Treated with Avandia
Miami, FL (May 2007) -- The recent news about Avandia increasing the risk of heart attack and death due to heart disease and stroke comes from a look back at 42 published research studies in which Avandia had been tested in comparison with either a dummy drug to show...
Dr. Camillo Ricordi Named Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Miami, FL (May 25, 2007) -- Camillo Ricordi, M.D., scientific director and chief academic officer of the Diabetes Research Institute at the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, has been appointed a Distinguished Professor of Medicine at the...
Diabetes Research Institute Foundation Earns Highest Rating from Charity Navigator
Charity Navigator Awards DRIF Four-Star Rating Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent evaluator of charities, has awarded a four-star rating to the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation, the highest rating possible from this respected charity oversight...
BRAVO! Brands Teams up with Diabetes Research Institute Foundation
TM & © Mars, Inc. used under license. Like its namesake, 3 MUSKETEERS® Slammers Chocolate Milk has alight and fluffy taste. NORTH PALM BEACH, Fla. (January 03, 2007) -- Bravo! Brands Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: BRVO-News) and the Diabetes Research Institute...