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| Founded | 1970 |
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| Founder | Lee Ducat, Carol Lurie |
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| Mission | “Accelerating life-changing breakthroughs to cure, prevent and treat T1D and its complications.” |
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JDRF is a major charitable 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to funding type 1 diabetes research (T1D). JDRF’s stated vision is "a world without type 1 diabetes." The organization has its executive office in New York City, with chapters and branches throughout the U.S., and international affiliates in Australia, Canada, Denmark, Israel, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
JDRF was formerly the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Its name is no longer an acronym.
The organization was founded in the New York area in 1970 as the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. Led by Lee Ducat, a group of local parents of children with T1D mobilized to raise money for diabetes research, and formed the first chapter of what was then known as the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation. A second chapter was founded shortly thereafter in Miami, Florida, followed by chapters in northern New Jersey and Washington, D.C. The fledgling organization was defined by its commitment to research funding. In addition to the high priority on funding T1D research, the organization’s founders resolved to inform the public about all aspects of T1D, advocate for more research funding from the federal government, and maintain the organization’s system of management by volunteer lay people. The Juvenile Diabetes Foundation later changed its name to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation to emphasize the need for research. In 2012, it renamed itself again as JDRF, because type 1 diabetes is as much a disease of adults as juveniles.
Since its inception, JDRF has evolved to become a worldwide leader in the fight against T1D. JDRF now has chapters and branches in most U.S. states, and international affiliates in several different countries.
JDRF is currently sponsoring $530 million in scientific research in 17 countries. In 2012, JDRF provided more than $110 million to T1D research.
JDRF identifies its research goals as being either “near- to mid-term” or “long-term”.
Near- to mid-term goals include delivery of the following to people with T1D:
• An automated low-glucose suspend artificial pancreas system, which predicts and prevents severe blood-glucose lows;
• A treat-to-range artificial pancreas system, which automatically keeps blood glucose levels in a specified range;
• The use of existing type 2 diabetes drugs to improve blood glucose control in people with T1D compared to the use of insulin alone;
• The use of donated human islets as a treatment for low blood glucose unawareness.
Long-term goals include delivery of the following to people with T1D:
• A beta cell encapsulation product providing insulin independence for more than a year without the need for chronic immunosuppression;
• Novel therapies for beta cell survival and immune modulation that when used in combination can extend the period of insulin independence after diagnosis for more than two years;
• Advanced-generation artificial pancreas systems such as those that deliver two hormones and those that have full (24-hour) automation features that further improve glycemic control;
• A glucose responsive insulin that provides glycemic control with a single shot per day, or less often;
• Novel therapies that improve eye disease in people with T1D;
• Therapies that prevent or delay the onset of insulin dependence for at least two years in people with autoantibodies for T1D.
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