December 2009

Will Adults Connect with JDRF?

by Greg Martin 12.23.2009 Uncategorized

ShareIf you have ever driven up or down Highway 101 through San Mateo you have likely noticed a huge electronic outdoor display that looks like a giant HDTV suspended to the west side of the highway. It is called SiliconView and it flashes alternating advertisement electronically.  Messaging changes up to 10 times per minutes.  Studies [...]

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Want to Volunteer but Only Have a Few Hours to Spare?

by Greg Martin 12.18.2009 Uncategorized

ShareDo you think about getting involved in your community but have concerns that it may take too much time? Do you have a few hours in the next couple of months to volunteer and give back? Do you have type 1 diabetes or does your child, grand child, spouse, partner, parent, sibling, friend, neighbor or [...]

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Treatment for Diabetic Eye Disease Moves Ahead to Regulatory Review in Europe

by Greg Martin 12.14.2009 Uncategorized

ShareLast week JDRF announced that Lucentis, a drug that will treat diabetic macular edema has been submitted for approval to the European Union’s regulatory agency one year early.  The submission is based on strong, positive results from Phase II clinical trials, including ones funded by JDRF. People living with diabetes are at risk for the [...]

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The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Adult Dilemma

by Greg Martin 12.05.2009 Uncategorized

ShareI have been a member of the JDRF staff for only 16 months.  But as the story goes, JDRF was started by a group of parents whose children had type 1 diabetes.  The parents were determined to find cures for their children.  And so it began that other families were the focus of the work [...]

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The Sixteen Foot JDRF Tree Trimming Event

by Greg Martin 12.02.2009 Events

ShareLast night a small but industrious group of JDRF volunteers and JDRF staff gathered for holiday cheer and to trim a 16 foot tree at Davies Symphony Hall.   JDRF has been provided with the tree as part of the Symphony’s Community Deck the Hall program.  Davies Symphony Hall will be transformed into an evergreen wonderland [...]

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The Designer Showcase and the Benefit to JDRF

by Greg Martin 12.01.2009 Uncategorized

ShareThe luxury residential tower Millennium Tower in San Francisco presented a designer showcase entitled Icons of Design, that featured more than 25 of the Bay Area’s most prestigious designers. The designers’ work was showcased in the four Grand Residences (usually not open to the general public) that occupy the building’s entire 52nd floor.   Each of [...]

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