Disease Focus: Diabetes

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Spotlight on Type 1 Diabetes: Seminar by Peter Butler, M.D.

Peter Butler, M.D. spoke at the Spotlight on Juvenile Diabetes, an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board meeting on September 25, 2008. Butler summarized normal glucose metabolism, explained how loss of pancreatic beta islet cells leads to diabetes, and presented evidence for beta cell regeneration in adults. Butler is the Director of the […]

Spotlight on Type 1 Diabetes: Seminar by Joelle Johnson

  Joelle Johnson spoke at the Spotlight on Juvenile Diabetes, an educational event presented at the CIRM Governing Board Meeting on September 25, 2008. Johnson talked about her diabetes diagnosis in 2004 and reflected upon the impact of diabetes on her daily life.  Johnson lives in Los Angeles where she works for ABC Television. Johnson […]

Stem Cell Based Diabetes Treatment: Alan Lewis – CIRM Science Writer’s Seminar

Alan Lewis, Ph.D., spoke at the Scientific Writer’s Seminar, a workshop presented on September 17, 2008 at CIRM headquarters in San Francisco. At the time of this presentation Alan Lewis was president and CEO of Novocell (now ViaCyte), a La Jolla-based company that has been developing a potential therapy for diabetes. Viacyte Inc. has four […]