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NIH announces new strategic plan to combat diabetes

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Multiple stakeholders tapped to develop roadmap for preventing, treating and finding a cure

A new strategic plan to guide diabetes-related research over the next decade was announced today by the National Institutes of Health. The plan, developed by a federal work group led by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), identifies research opportunities with the greatest potential to benefit the millions of Americans who are living with or at risk for diabetes and its complications.

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The plan, Advances and Emerging Opportunities in Diabetes Research: A Strategic Planning Report of the Diabetes Mellitus Interagency Coordinating Committee, focuses on 10 areas of diabetes research with the most promise. The goal is to accelerate discovery on several fronts, including:

  • the relationship between obesity and type 2 diabetes, and how both conditions may be affected by genetics and environment
  • the autoimmune mechanisms at work in type 1 diabetes
  • the biology of beta cells, which release insulin in the pancreas
  • development of artificial pancreas technologies to improve management of blood sugar levels
  • prevention of complications of diabetes that affect the heart, eyes, kidneys, nervous system and other organs
  • reduction of the impact of diabetes on groups disproportionately affected by the disease, including the elderly and racial and ethnic minorities
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