July 19, 2023 Media Statement Fresh West Australian research suggests a new medication helping people with type 2 diabetes may also help protect the health of people with type 1 diabetes. A study completed by Dr Lakshini Herat and team, which was part funded by Diabetes Research WA and has just been published in iScience […]
Read moreDecember 1, 2022 Media Statement Nearly two years to the day since being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, Victoria Park’s Thomas Haughey took to the ground at Mineral Resources Park to meet premiership-winning West Coast Eagles forward Jamie Cripps, who also has the incurable condition. In the lead up to Christmas in 2020, Thomas spent […]
Read moreNovember 15, 2022 Media Statement West Australian diabetes researchers are set to investigate if a new medication helping people with type 2 diabetes may also reduce health complications linked to type 1 diabetes. Dr Lakshini Herat has won a $60,000 grant from Perth-based charity Diabetes Research WA to study the effects of Sotagliflozin in type […]
Read moreJune 29, 2022: Media Statement RESEARCHERS URGED TO APPLY FOR 2023 DIABETES GRANT ***APPLICATIONS HAVE NOW CLOSED : The winner will be announced at our WDD event on November 14, 2022.*** West Australian researchers are being offered the chance to secure a $60,000 grant to channel into a diabetes-related research project. With National Diabetes Week […]
Read moreNew West Australian research has discovered that a single gene change may be putting people at increased risk of insulin resistance and fatty liver disease by changing calcium levels within energy-producing machines in our cells. The research by University of WA Professor Aleksandra Filipovska, supported by a $60,000 grant from Diabetes Research WA, found the […]
Read moreWestern Australia and one of the state’s leading medical researchers is set to play an exciting role in a new national diabetes research initiative. The Australian Centre for Accelerating Diabetes Innovation (ACADI) will be a virtual research centre connecting research hubs from around Australia. It will also link in with key industry partners and diabetes […]
Read moreA ground-breaking project helping to better screen for and manage gestational diabetes in rural Western Australia, which Diabetes Research WA has financially supported, has received a $3.2 million boost. Led by Professor Julia Marley from The University of Western Australia’s Medical School and the Rural Clinical School of WA, the ORCHID Study – which aims […]
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 […]
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 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 health complications […]
Read moreA $60,000 grant has been awarded to research fellow Dr Aveni Haynes A $60,000 grant has been awarded to research fellow Dr Aveni Haynes from the Children’s Diabetes Centre at Telethon Kids Institute, and her team, to investigate continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) for measuring blood sugar levels in children at high-risk of developing type 1 […]
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