Progress you can measure
DRI conducts the research. DRIF funds it. DRIF is the fundraising foundation that supports DRI’s cure-focused research.
Decades of measurable momentum
DRI’s principal research initiatives are the DRI BioHub and islet cell transplantation. The Diabetes Research Institute is a Center of Excellence at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and leads the Diabetes Research Institute Federation — a global alliance of collaborating research centers.
1971
Diabetes Research Institute Foundation is founded
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1990
Organ transplant patients become insulin independent after receiving islets
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2003
DRI performs first successful islet transplant in Asia
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2012
DRI and collaborators use stem cells to eliminate immunosuppression
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2019
Long-term islet transplant recipients show near-normal glucose control
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2020
Long-term culture of human pancreatic slices reveals regeneration of insulin-producing cells
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Breakthroughs in focus
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DRI scientists show that pancreatic progenitors reside within large ducts of the human pancreas
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Metabolomics biomarkers to detect T1D onset and potential recurrence
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COVID-19, diabetes and mesenchymal stem cells: groundbreaking findings bring new hope
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From the lab to real lives
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- Islet cell transplantation
- DRI BioHub
- Diabetes Research Institute Federation — a global alliance of collaborating research centers
Keep the momentum going
DRIF is the fundraising foundation that supports DRI’s cure-focused research.