There are other children born with disease and disability, like cystic fibrosis or juvenile diabetes.
Listen to Peter Van Etten, the wiry chief executive of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International.
Type 1 was once commonly called juvenile diabetes mellitus because it is most commonly diagnosed in children.
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Type 1 diabetes was once known as juvenile diabetes because it's usually diagnosed in children and young adults.
Bill Ahearn, vice president of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, expressed delight at the news of Sotomayor's selection.
The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation is funding or cofunding approximately 50 trials in Type 1 diabetes, up from 5 in 2000.
Breast cancer survivors, juvenile diabetes patients and accident victims have trouble even getting a quote in risk-rating states like California and Illinois.
The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation is testing 18 drugs with biotech companies.
Karen Addington, chief executive of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, has type-one diabetes.
He uses stem cells to study juvenile diabetes (his son and daughter have it), turning to the foundation of another billionaire--the late Howard Hughes.
Karen Addington, chief executive of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, who funded the research said the study provided "proof of principle" of an artificial pancreas.
"If someone prominent has juvenile diabetes in the family, we'll find out somehow, " says Roy Smith, a New York University business professor and JDRF board member.
Reagan spoke of a 13-year-old friend who has juvenile diabetes.
The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation who funded the research believe an artificial pancreas would be a major step forward because people will not have to constantly think about their decision.
The field of cell therapy has shown promise in the past for juvenile diabetes, Parkinson's disease and heart disease, but none of the approaches have yet to bankroll a profitable company.
Researchers are getting closer to finding a cure for juvenile diabetes but it is still a serious condition which in adults shortens the life expectancy by an average of 15 years.
Until now, he has used accounting tricks to make sure federal money has not paid for the embryo research, which was funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation.
Like many of the numbers being tossed about in the stem-cell debate, this count is inflated by emotion: Langevin included all patients suffering from cancer, juvenile diabetes, heart disease and even arthritis as potential beneficiaries of the research.
Send money to these people and you can be sure that only a small portion will be frittered away soliciting you for more, and the bulk of what's left will be invested in a single-minded drive to find a definitive cure for juvenile diabetes.
Type 1 diabetes (also called juvenile onset diabetes) is a disease in which the pancreas stops secreting insulin.
He died when she was 9, a year after she was diagnosed with Type 1, or juvenile, diabetes.
Upwards of 1 million persons in the U.S. have type 1 diabetes, also known as insulin-dependent or juvenile-onset diabetes.
Your type I or juvenile-onset diabetes is due to the islet cells located in your pancreas no longer producing insulin.
In one segment a correspondent with juvenile (type 1) diabetes flies to Guatemala to see Mayan ruins.
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