On
June 20th, JDRF Canada officially launched the JDRF
Canadian Clinical Trial Network (JDRF CCTN) at the Hospital for Sick
Children. The JDRF CCTN is a groundbreaking effort to accelerate
the solutions for the management, care and cure of diabetes. Created
in partnership with the Government of Canada from a $20M commitment
from the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario,
with an additional $13.9 million contribution from JDRF, the $33.9
million investment will help accelerate the testing of new
technologies and leading edge treatments for Canadians and
individuals around the world affected by diabetes and its
complications.
JDRF’s
research goals are to cure, treat and prevent type 1 diabetes.
Since
its founding in 1970 by parents of children with type 1 diabetes,
JDRF has funded more than $1.5 billion (US) in diabetes research.
While JDRF works toward a cure, they strive to help all people living
with diabetes to live better, longer, and healthier lives. They are
the reason JDRF exists, and remain at the forefront of everything
JDRF does.
The
Academy of Martial Arts has stepped into the ring to help JDRF fight
diabetes through Karate Chops Diabetes. AMA has committed to raise
$250,000 directed specifically towards the Canadian Clinical Trial
Network . Partnering with JDRF holds the promise of helping to create
a world without diabetes. We can achieve a cure, and you can be part
of it.
