by stephen | Oct 18, 2005 | 2005
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...
by stephen | Sep 21, 2005 | 2005
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...
by stephen | Aug 16, 2005 | 2005
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...
by stephen | Jul 26, 2005 | 2005
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...
by stephen | Jun 27, 2005 | 2005
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...
by stephen | Jun 15, 2005 | 2005
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...
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