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06 July 2010

Diabetes Awareness Week 2010

Diabetes Australia-NSW will be spreading the message across the state about the link between diabetes and kidney disease this Diabetes Awareness Week from 11-17 July.

25 June 2010

Congratulations to Jimmy Little on success at APRA awards

Diabetes Australia-NSW would like to congratulate Jimmy Little after he was recognised on Monday for his achievements in music.

07 July 2010

New type 2 diabetes medication may help in type 1

A new medication for type 2 diabetes may also benefit those with type 1, reducing the rise in blood glucose levels following a meal and possibly lowering insulin needs.

29 June 2010

Insulin pump prevents night-time hypos

A special insulin pump which uses continuous glucose monitoring to predict hypoglycaemia and stop delivering insulin can help reduce the number of overnight hypos, according to a new study.

Winners

Diabetes Australia Research Trust 2009 recipients

The New South Wales researchers to receive DART 2009 grants were:

Researcher	Institution	Research study
Prof Michael Davies	The Heart Research Institute	Role of hyperglycaemia in altered cellular handling of modified proteins
Dr SueLynn Lau	Garvan Institute: Diabetes & Transcription Factors Group	Vitamin D and Diabetes.
Dr Rebecca Ritchie	Baker Heart Research Institute	Targeting protective cardiac signalling rescues the diabetic heart from cardiomyopathy.
A/Prof Gregory Cooney	Garvan Institute of Medical Research: Diabetes and Obesity Research Program	The role of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) and nitrosative protein modifications in the development of insulin resistance and metabolic inflexibility.
Prof Ben Freedman	ANZAC Research Institute and Concord Hospital, University of Sydney	Proinflammatory activation of endothelial cells by serum amyloid in diabetes
Dr Sue Mei Lau	Garvan Institute	Effects of lactogenic hormones on ß-cell function and proliferation in pregnancy
Dr Paul Witting	ANZAC Research Institute, University of Sydney	The acute phase protein serum amyloid A promotes endothelial dysfunction in diabetics.
A/ Prof Steve Boutcher	UNSW: School of Medical Sciences, Medical Faculty	The effect of high intensity intermittent exercise on fat loss, insulin resistance, and vascular function in hyperinsulinaemic men
Dr Hui Chen	University of New South Wales: Department of Pharmacology	Activation of brain glucose sensing mTOR pathway to improve glucose tolerance and reduce adiposity in offspring from obese dams
Dr Jenny Gunton	Diabetes & Transcription Factors Group, Garvan Institute	Hypothalmic HIF-1a regulates weight gain and obesity
Dr Neil Hime	School of Medical Sciences (Pathology) & Bosch Institute, The University of Sydney	The role of heme oxygenase-1 in diabetes
Prof David Ernest James	Garvan Institute of Medical Research	The identification of a new action of isulin involving mRNA decay and translation repression.
Dr Vlado Perkovic	Renal Division, The George Institute for International Health	The effect of glucose control and glucose lowering therapies in chronic kidney disease.
Winner of the Viertel Fellowship: Dr Kyle Hoehn	Garvan Institute	Investigating the aetiology of insulin resistance