Prescribed statins, gut microbiota and increased risk of type 2 diabetes
March 17, 2022West Australian scientists have secured new funding to explore a discovery that could reduce cases of type 2 diabetes linked to the use of cholesterol-lowering statin medications. The team of Curtin University researchers, led by Professor Fergal O’Gara, has found that, in mice, statins drive changes in the body’s gut bacteria, which can trigger the […]
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New WA Grant aims to prevent diabetes sight-loss V2
A new grant unveiled by WA’s peak diabetes research funding group aims to help further pave the way for the early detection of diabetic retinopathy, the leading cause of blindness in working-age adults globally. Diabetes Research WA has awarded $80,000 to the work of Professor Yogi Kanagasingam, telehealth research director at CSIRO’s Australian e-Health Research […]
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‘Firefighting’ protein holds hope for new type 2 diabetes treatment
Hopes are growing that West Australian researchers may be on the brink of discovering a new way to treat obesity and type 2 diabetes – and the development may also give rise to a new way to tackle type 1 diabetes. Supported by funding from Diabetes Research WA, the latest findings on work into TNFSF14 […]
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Diabetes grant helps WA team race to create new type 2 treatment
West Australian researchers racing to create a new treatment to prevent and protect people from the potentially life-threatening complications of type 2 diabetes have been awarded new funding to fast-track their quest. WA’s peak diabetes research funding group, Diabetes Research WA, has revealed that Associate Professor Kevin Pfleger and his Perth-based team will receive $60,000 […]
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New type 1 diabetes project could help kids at high-risk
West Australian researchers have been awarded funding for a world-first project that could ultimately help prevent type 1 diabetes developing in very young children who are at high-risk of the condition. WA’s peak diabetes research funding group, Diabetes Research WA, has provided a $60,000 grant to research fellow Dr Aveni Haynes from the Children’s Diabetes […]
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New project investigates wonder drug’s potential to reduce blindness
WA researchers have been awarded fresh funds to investigate if a so-called wonder drug may be able to be used to prevent a diabetes-related eye condition that can lead to blindness. SGLT2 inhibitors – a relatively new class of oral medications that lower blood sugar levels by stopping the reabsorption of glucose in the kidney […]
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WA team’s bid to simplify screening for pregnancy related diabetes
West Australian researchers have won funding to progress work that could lead to simplified screening for gestational diabetes, and improved screening across regional WA. Current screening for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) – which only appears in pregnancy – is known as Oral Glucose Tolerance Testing (OGTT) and is done between 24 and 28 weeks of […]
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A world-leading trial that could reduce the chances of people with type 2 diabetes who’ve had a heart attack suffering further heart failure.
March 15, 2022West Australian researchers have won funding to carry out a world-leading trial that could reduce the chances of people with type 2 diabetes who’ve had a heart attack suffering further heart failure. Fiona Stanley Hospital cardiologist Dr Girish Dwivedi has been awarded charity Diabetes Research WA’s $60,0000 Jamie Cripps 2021 Research Grant for the project, […]
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Investigating how a single gene change causes insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.
West Australian researchers will use fresh funding to investigate how a single gene change causes insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes. The research by University of WA Professor Aleksandra Filipovska, supported by a newly-announced $60,000 grant from Diabetes Research WA, will also look at how diet and exercise may be able to target a gene […]
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Investigating a new way to tackle disease-inducing chronic inflammation linked to type 2 diabetes.
March 14, 2022$60,000 has been awarded for a project investigating a new way to tackle disease-inducing chronic inflammation linked to type 2 diabetes. Professor Pfleger and Dr Elizabeth Johnstone (pictured above) and the Molecular Endocrinology and Pharmacology Laboratory team at the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, in collaboration with colleagues at Monash University, hope to reduce […]
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