The
JDRF/
Wellcome Trust
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Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory (JDRF/WT DIL), centred in the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, is a multi-disciplinary research programme within the department of Medical Genetics at the
University of Cambridge
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. The current director is
John Todd FMedSci FRS and Professor of Medical Genetics at the
University of Cambridge
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.
The goals of the JDRF/WT DIL are to identify and characterise the effects of the susceptibility genes for type 1 diabetes in order to better understand the earliest events in human physiology that lead to autoimmune destruction of the insulin-producing beta-cells of pancreas.
Other notable members include:-
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Linda Wicker, Professor of Immunogenetics (Co-Director)
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David Clayton, Professor of Biostatistics
External links
Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR)JDRF/WT DIL HomepageCurrent list of Human Type 1 Diabetes susceptibility regions
References
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Diabetes organizations