About JDRF
JDRF is the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D)
research. JDRF’s goal is to progressively remove the impact of T1D from
people’s lives until we achieve a world without T1D. JDRF collaborates
with a wide spectrum of partners and is the only organization with the
scientific resources, regulatory influence, and a working plan to better
treat, prevent, and eventually cure T1D. As the largest charitable
supporter of T1D research, JDRF is currently sponsoring $568 million in
scientific research in 17 countries. In 2012 alone, JDRF provided more
than $110 million to T1D research.
For more information about JDRF, click here.
About T1D
Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease in which a person’s
pancreas stops producing insulin, a hormone that enables people to get
energy from food. It occurs when the body’s immune system attacks and
destroys the insulin-producing cells in the pancreas, called beta cells.
While its causes are not yet entirely understood, scientists believe
that both genetic factors and environmental triggers are involved. Its
onset has nothing to do with diet or lifestyle. There is nothing you can
do to prevent T1D, and—at present—nothing you can do to get rid of it.