American Diabetes Association Awards USD 3.25 Million for Innovative Diabetes Research
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he American Diabetes Association (ADA) is awarding this year's prestigious Pathway to Stop Diabetes grants, totaling USD 3.25 million dollars, to two promising researchers.
Both will receive $1.625 million dollars over a five-year grant term to support breakthroughs in basic science, clinical science, technology, care and potential cures in the field of diabetes.
Judith Agudo, PhD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts, receives a Pathway Accelerator Award for her research project titled Harnessing immune privilege mechanisms from stem cells to protect beta-cells from immune attack.
Maxence V. Nachury, PhD, University of California, San Francisco, receives a Pathway Visionary Award for his research project titled Regulation of body weight homeostasis and beta cell function by primary cilia.
Congratulations to our 2020 Pathway to Stop Diabetes research grant awardees, Dr. Agudo and Dr. Nachury, said Dr. Kenneth Moritsugu, Interim Chief Science and Medicine Officer for the American Diabetes Association. The Pathway program is groundbreaking and identifies promising researchers at the peak of their creativity. It provides them with the financial and professional support they need to be innovative and produce something great. Alongside the 32 other Pathway researchers we've supported since the program began in 2014, I have no doubt that the work or Dr. Agudo and Dr. Nachury will help those living with diabetes truly thrive and bring us closer than ever to finding a cure for diabetes.
Research is in our DNA and it is our foundation, added Tracey D. Brown, CEO of the American Diabetes Association. The Pathway program allows us to continue our mission through the great minds of young and talented researchers who will one day find a cure and end this diabetes epidemic!
Learn more about Pathway to Stop Diabetes and the research of Drs. Agudo and Nachury at diabetes.org/pathway.
✔️ American Diabetes Association Awards USD 3.25 Million for Innovative Diabetes Research
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