Pioneering Diabetic Retinopathy Research in Western Australia: The Harmonisation of Multi-Site OCTA Datasets for Advanced Biomarker Discovery
March 28, 2024The project Harmonisation of Western Australia multi-site optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) datasets for new biomarker discovery and application in diabetic retinopathy, funded by Diabetes Research WA, aims to introduce and validate a data analysis framework so datasets from multiple clinics in Western Australia can be combined and analysed to identify more sensitive biomarkers of […]
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Medication used to lower blood glucose levels in type 2 diabetes.
June 22, 2023Dr Herat and her team have secured funding to investigate if a new type of medication used to lower blood glucose levels in type 2 diabetes may also help reduce health complications in type 1 diabetes. The $60,000 research grant will be used to study the effects of sotagliflozin – which inhibits two proteins, SGLT1 […]
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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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