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 […]
Read more$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 […]
Read moreDr Mary Abraham from the Telethon Kids Institute and Perth Children’s Hospital has secured $60,000 from our 2022 Diabetes Research Grants program to launch a pilot study into the use of oral insulin in type 1 diabetes – a medication intervention that could be a game-changer for those with the chronic condition. Oral insulin had […]
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