[Craig T]

Originally Posted by Ferraripete

my little girl (not so little anymore) was diagnosed @ 4 yrs old.

sadly little money for research makes it to type 1 as it is a beast with virtually no road to a cure

I'm very sorry your daughter has to manage this disease. There are no breaks for those affected. ...but there ARE breakthroughs on the horizon and $0.75 on the dollar raised by JDRF goes directly to funding research. Two promising studies:

The encapsulation project is incredible and we are hopeful this will come to market within the next 15 years. It’s in the very very early stages of clinical research. Some are calling this the cure for T1D.

Encapsulation - JDRF

Another area JDRF has funded is the artificial pancreas project. This will likely be available next spring. Participants in the clinical trials all had A1Cs under 7. This has never been done before and the FDA actually made an exception and allowed the participants to keep the AP system!!

I'm disappointed that no Pelicans have stepped up to help support our Walk team. Not even one single PM