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The mission of JDRF is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research.
Since its inception in 1970, JDRF has provided more than $1.3 billion in funding for diabetes research. The JDRF Seattle Guild's Annual Dream Gala is proud to have contributed over $40 million to diabetes research over the past 19 years, bringing us closer to a cure.
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Diabetes is a chronic, debilitating disease affecting every organ system. There are two major types of diabetes: type I diabetes, an autoimmune disease also known as juvenile diabetes, and type 2 diabetes, a metabolic disorder also known as adult onset diabetes. For people with type I diabetes, the pancreas stops producing insulin, a hormone that enables the production of energy from food. Multiple, daily injections of insulin or a continuous infusion through an insulin pump, ensures only survival. It is not a cure, nor does it prevent the eventual and devastating complications of the disease.
Because it changes lives;
Because you never outgrow it;
Because it is there every minute of every day;
We need a cure.
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Auction procurement for the
20th Anniversary Dream Gala
is underway!
Help make this year's auction the best yet by donating an auction item or procuring items.
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Save the Date
The 20th Anniversary Dream Gala will be held on March 7, 2009 at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel. So be sure to mark your calendar!
JDRF Funded Research Shows Promise for Prevention, Reversal of Type 1 Diabetes.
Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco have reported that two common cancer drugs have been used to block and reverse type 1 diabetes in mice.
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