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Subway Restaurants to Test First of its Kind Diabetes Friendlier Menu

Subway Restaurants to Test First of its Kind Diabetes Friendlier Menu

Menu to be offered throughout the Kansas City market ONLY starting in December 2009 Kansas City (December 15, 2009) – SUBWAY® Restaurants in the Kansas City market will soon be the first quick service restaurant in history to launch a Diabetes Friendlier Menu. The...

In Memory of a Dear Friend, Micki Mele

In Memory of a Dear Friend, Micki Mele

Mele (formerly Kronowitt) was the first president of the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation nearly 40 years ago December 2009 – With great sadness, the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation mourns the loss of Micki Mele, one of the founding members of the...

DRI Receives $3 Million Gift from Helmsley Charitable Trust

DRI Receives $3 Million Gift from Helmsley Charitable Trust

David Panzirer holds tight to his youngest child, Luke.  The shirt says it all! Miami, FL (November 19, 2009) – The Diabetes Research Institute, a center of excellence at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, received a $3 million gift recently...

Back to School with Diabetes

Back to School with Diabetes

Education is key to managing diabetes at school! Hollywood, FL  (September 2009) - School can be difficult for any child, but adding diabetes to the picture can make it even harder.  Understandably, many parents are fearful about leaving their child in the care of...

DRI’s Dr. Bendala Authors Book Pancreatic Stem Cells

DRI’s Dr. Bendala Authors Book Pancreatic Stem Cells

The DRI’s Juan Dominguez-Bendala, Ph.D., director of stem cell development for translational research, recently authored a book, titled “Pancreatic Stem Cells,” published by Humana Press.  The book aims to provide a broad overview of an intriguing model of...

Using Insulin Therapy? The Top Six Things You Should Know!

Using Insulin Therapy? The Top Six Things You Should Know!

Provided by: Kellie Rodriguez 1.   Know the actions of your insulin(s)Knowing the onset of action, the peak action and duration of action of the insulin(s) that you use to treat your diabetes will help you to know when and how to use your insulin(s) to optimize your...

Small Molecules Show Potential for Therapeutic Drugs

Small Molecules Show Potential for Therapeutic Drugs

Computer models predict newly identified small molecules bind to specific regions (zones) on the surface of the CD154 molecule (blue corresponds to more positively charged- and red to more negatively charged portions) known to be critical in activating the immune...

Sports Agent Drew Rosenhaus Garners Donation for DRI Foundation

Sports Agent Drew Rosenhaus Garners Donation for DRI Foundation

Hollywood, FL (July, 2009) -- Throughout the summer, renowned football agent Drew Rosenhaus will appear in two TV commercials and three radio ads promoting the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League. In return, the Panthers will donate $5,000 to Rosenhaus’...

Walgreens of South Florida and the DRIF Join to Cure Diabetes Now

Walgreens of South Florida and the DRIF Join to Cure Diabetes Now

Anita Geraci and Susie MacLean of store #2443 in Hollywood, FL, proudly wear their "Cure Diabetes Now" buttons. Hollywood, FL (June 22, 2009) – Walgreens of South Florida and the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation have teamed up in an effort to help cure diabetes...

Baseball’s Willie Randolph and Rob Dromerhauser Tour DRI

Baseball’s Willie Randolph and Rob Dromerhauser Tour DRI

Rob and Mary Dromerhauser, Willie Randolph, Connor Dromerhauser, Robert A. Pearlman and Tom Karlya Miami, FL (June, 2009) -- While the Milwaukee Brewers were in town to face the Florida Marlins, one of the Brewers' coaches, Willie Randolph, took time to pay a special...

Calles Secures Grant for DRI

Calles Secures Grant for DRI

Acting on behalf of the MDRT Foundation, Juan Elias Calles, CLU, ChFC,  presented a grant to William J. Rand, M.D., to support the cure-focused work underway at the DRI. Miami, FL (June 2009) -- Coral Gables resident Juan Elias Calles, CLU, ChFC, of Union Central Life...

Manhattan Beach Teen Gets Surprise of Her Life: Meeting Nick Jonas

Manhattan Beach Teen Gets Surprise of Her Life: Meeting Nick Jonas

New York, NY (May, 2009) -- Rachel Humphrey, a Manhattan Beach, CA, teenager with type 1 diabetes, was granted her biggest wish -- (well, almost) -- when she came face to face with her hero, Nick Jonas of the Jonas Brothers. Rachel, 13, was selected to...

Boca Raton Couple Go Above and Beyond to Help the DRI Find a Cure for Their Son

A Jonas Brothers Dream Come True

Miami, FL (May 2009) -- Do you want tickets to the SOLD-OUT Jonas Brothers World Tour 2009 concert at BankAtlantic Center in South Florida? And, VIP access to the sound check? ...Bet you do!!! This is your chance to win a once-in-a-lifetime experience! Imagine winning...

DRI Hails Decision to Lift Federal Stem Cell Restrictions

DRI Hails Decision to Lift Federal Stem Cell Restrictions

Miami, FL (March 9, 2009) -- Calling it “excellent news,” scientists at the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) are hailing President Obama’s executive order which overturns federal limits on embryonic stem cell research. “This decision is excellent news, particularly...

DRI Researchers to Present Findings at Major International Conferences

DRI Researchers to Present Findings at Major International Conferences

Learn more about the American Transplant Congress 2009. Miami, FL (February, 2009) -- Scientists from the Diabetes Research Institute will report on their latest research findings in key cell therapies aimed at reversing diabetes at two prestigious international...

Olympian Gary Hall Jr. Tapped as Spokesman for New Study on Benefits of Exercise on Autoimmune Diseases

UM Diabetes Researchers Testing Stem Cells and Oxygen Therapy

Miami, FL (January 9, 2009) -- The growing epidemic of diabetes in the United States is making it crucial for scientists to find new ways to treat the debilitating disease and its numerous complications. Researchers at the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) at the...

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